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Humbleness

Humbleness \Hum"ble*ness\, n. The quality of being humble; humility; meekness.

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humbleness

n. humility; the property of being humble.

WordNet
humbleness
  1. n. the state of being humble and unimportant [syn: unimportance, obscureness]

  2. a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope" [syn: humility] [ant: pride]

  3. a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not everyone regards humility as a virtue" [syn: humility] [ant: pride]

Usage examples of "humbleness".

The Commissioner's comments about the humbleness with which he would travel argued for a keen sense of irony, at the least.

A naturally retiring, modest disposition, and two external causes are the reasons for Muller's humbleness of manner, which is his chief characteristic.

What she needed was life, the growing of children as well as the prospering of trees, so in humbleness of spirit she asked her slaves to ready the small shallop, and when a calm day arrived she got into it by herself and sailed across to Peace Cliff, where she walked unannounced up the low hill to the telescope house.