humanly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   within the limits of human ability, effort, or endurance, especially in the phrase humanly possible

   Rescuers did everything humanly possible to reach the trapped miners.

2. 2
   adv

   by human beings or human means rather than by nature or another agency

   The museum displayed both naturally formed crystals and humanly manufactured replicas.

3. 3
   adv

   from the standpoint of ordinary human knowledge or judgment, especially in the phrase humanly speaking

   Humanly speaking, the expedition had little chance of returning before winter.

Common collocations

• humanly possible Adverb + adjective

Formed in Middle English from human + the adverbial suffix -ly. Human comes through French from Latin humanus ("human; humane"). Humanly once overlapped more with humanely, but modern usage chiefly concerns human capability, human agency, or judgment from a human point of view.

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