Word Meanings - HUMANLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. In a human manner; after the manner of men; according to the knowledge or wisdom of men; as, the present prospects, humanly speaking, promise a happy issue. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Kindly; humanely. Pope.
Related words: (words related to HUMANLY)
- HUMANIZE
To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph. (more info) 1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize. Was it the business - AFTERCAST
A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower. - AFTER
To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines, after- braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts - HUMANIFY
To make human; to invest with a human personality; to incarnate. The humanifying of the divine Word. H. B. Wilson. - AFTERPAINS
The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth. - PRESENT
one, in sight or at hand, p. p. of praeesse to be before; prae before 1. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. John xiv. 25. - KINDLY
1. According to the kind or nature; natural. The kindly fruits of the earth. Book of Com. Prayer. An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting. Spenser. Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly for Him as the Son of Man to save the - PRESENTIVE
Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic. How greatly the word "will" is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries. Earle. -- - PRESENTANEOUS
Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison. Harvey. - HUMANITARIANISM
The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ. - ACCORDANCY
Accordance. Paley. - PRESENTLY
1. At present; at this time; now. The towns and forts you presently have. Sir P. Sidney. 2. At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by. Shak. And presently the fig tree - HUMANISM
1. Human nature or disposition; humanity. looked almost like a being who had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract humanism. T. Hardy. 2. The study of the humanities; polite learning. - ACCORDANTLY
In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to. - ACCORDER
One who accords, assents, or concedes. - HUMANISTIC
1. Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion. Caird. 2. Pertaining to polite kiterature. M. Arnold. - WISDOM LITERATURE
The class of ancient Hebrew writings which deal reflectively with general ethical and religious topics, as distinguished from the prophetic and liturgical literature, and from the law. It is comprised chiefly in the books of Job, Proverbs, - ACCORDINGLY
1. Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak. 2. In natural sequence; consequently; so. Syn. -- Consequently; therefore; wherefore; hence; so. -- Accordingly, Consequently, indicate - ACCORDING
Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. "This according voice of national wisdom." Burke. "Mind and soul according well." Tennyson. According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat. - AFTERSHAFT
The hypoptilum. - INHUMANITY
The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity. Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. Burns. - PREKNOWLEDGE
Prior knowledge. - COMPROMISE
promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. Burrill. 2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both - UNPROMISE
To revoke or annul, as a promise. Chapman. - REISSUE
To issue a second time. - UNMANNERLY
Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv. - NONPRESENTATION
Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented. - REPRESENTABLE
Capable of being represented. - TOTIPRESENT
Omnipresence. A. Tucker. - OMNIPRESENTIAL
Implying universal presence. South. - TISSUED
Clothed in, or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated; as, tissued flowers. Cowper. And crested chiefs and tissued dames Assembled at the clarion's call. T. Warton.