humblesome

English

Etymology

From humble +‎ -some.

Adjective

humblesome (comparative more humblesome, superlative most humblesome)

  1. (rare) Characterised or marked by humbleness.
    • 2012, Norman H. Drummond, True Humility:
      Often the difference is attributable to the presence of pride or the absence of humility. So, you're having a conversation and you are trying to be humblesome.
    • 2016, These Are Our Lives:
      I wanted them to be educated, kind, polite, and humblesome.
    • 2022, Moriel Rothman-Zecher, Before All the World:
      Now, though, the man's eyes were facing toward the ground and his cheeks were filled with firereds and humblesome pinks and his sex was outsprung from his trousers and held hardened within his hand.
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