adverb
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by human powers or means
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in a human or humane manner
Etymology
Origin of humanly
Example Sentences
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Much of it hinges on something decidedly low tech: the ability to build data centers as fast as humanly possible—and all the dealmaking, zoning and permitting that it entails.
But I didn’t even know if such a thing was humanly possible.
From Literature
“The real woman was brave and intelligent. And she handled the most difficult circumstances as well as it was humanly possible to do.”
From Los Angeles Times
And what better way to do that than to defy all subtext by making it as outwardly straight as humanly possible?
From Salon
“That sounds nice and humanly caring and all that and warm and fuzzy but someone has to pay,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
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