Dictionary entry

Humbly

Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmbli/

Pronunciation

/ˈhʌmbli/

Myanmar Meaning

(adv) နှိမ့်ချစွာ။

Definition

humble /'hʌmbl/ adj ( -r /-blǝ(r)/ , -st /-blÇst/) ၁။ ႏိွမ့္ခ်မႈရိွေသာ။ ေထာင္လႊားမႈမရိွေသာ။ Be humble enough to learn from your mistakes. ❍ my humble tribute to this great man. ၂။ ေအာက္ေျခ။ အညတရ။ men of humble birth/origin ❍ a humble occupation ❍ It affects all policemen, from the humblest traffic cop to the head of a serious crime squad. ၃။ အညတရ။ သာမည။ It has grown from humble beginnings to become a multi-national company. ❍ The humble potato is one of nature's most precious gifts. v ၁။ မာန္စြယ္ခ်ဳိးသည္။ ခြၽတ္သည္။ ခ်ဳိးသည္။ a humbling experience ❍ His resentful colleagues long to see him humbled. ၂။ ( esp sport ) (esp passive) (ဗန္း) ႏိွပ္လႊတ္သည္။ The champion was humbled by a little-known outsider. See also HUMILITY ❏ humbly /'hʌmbli/ adv ဆင္းဆင္းရဲရဲ။ က်ဳိးက်ဳိးႏြံႏြံ။ ေျခသုတ္ပုဆိုးေႁမြစြယ္က်ဳိးသို႔။ live humbly ❍ be humbly born ❍ ‘Sorry. ’ she said humbly.

Examples

  1. [humble beginnings/origins/background] : He had risen from humble origins to amass immense wealth.
  2. I’m just a humble receptionist.
  3. He was a genuinely humble man.
  4. A humble apology
  5. They lived in a humble two-roomed flat.
  6. The humble potato is the most versatile vegetable in the supermarket.