# humbly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈhʌmbli/ · frequency rank #23,306

## Definitions
1. In a humble manner.

## Etymology
From Middle English humbely, humbliche, equivalent to humble + -ly. Displaced Old English ēaþmōdlīċe.

## Easily confused with
- **humpty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/humbly-vs-humpty)
- **humbug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/humbly-vs-humbug)
- **hubby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hubby-vs-humbly)
- **humble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/humble-vs-humbly)
- **hugely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugely-vs-humbly)
- **Hubble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hubble-vs-humbly)
- **homely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homely-vs-humbly)
- **Humber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/humber-vs-humbly)
- **homily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homily-vs-humbly)
- **humbled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/humbled-vs-humbly)
- **humanly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/humanly-vs-humbly)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hhumbly`, `hmubly`, `hubmly`, `humbbly`, `humblly`, `humblyy`, `humbyl`, `humlby`, `hummbly`, `uhmbly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/humbly