as in humbly
in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion
she was so sincerely and abjectly apologetic that he was won over
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Chalamet wore a conservative suit and tie and humbly thanked his fellow nominees, a dramatic shift in tone for the actor, who has tended toward the grandiose of late.—
Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026
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In reality, many of the levees still in use today began much more humbly.—
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Shields, 62, sheepishly joked after two false starts.—
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An engineer with a litter-picker grabbed the fallen cloth and sheepishly moved it behind the machine, out of my line of sight.—
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Ball handlers would dribble close to the basket, only to meekly back away, sensing him looming.—
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In other words, students prepare for citizenship in a disputatious society by practicing the civic arts—by asserting and advocating for their views—not by meekly absorbing lessons from their instructors.—
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As seen in a video shared to X by Lizzie Robinson of ITV, the Princess of Wales politely said hello to a patient there, asked her name and made the connection between the woman and William, the heir to the throne.—
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Fear, hunger and repression did not stop politely at national borders.—
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In a 1976 game, lowly Indiana took an early 7-to-6 lead over mighty Ohio State, so unexpected that Corso burned a timeout for the purpose of commemorative photos.—
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Three hundred and sixty-five days after the Bears — then a lowly laughing stock en route to a third-straight last-place finish in the NFC North — fired Matt Eberflus as head coach, Johnson’s Bears bested the reigning champion Philadelphia Eagles over Thanksgiving weekend.—
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“Abjectly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abjectly. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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