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Since 2010, Humble Bundle customers have given over $279,000,000 to charity. Humility means “the state of being humble.” Both it and humble have their origin in the Latin word humilis, meaning "low." Humble can be used to describe what is ranked low by others, as in "persons of humble origins." HUMBLE definition: 1. not proud or not believing that you are important: 2. poor or of a low social rank: 3….

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Learn more. Humble means "modest; without an excess of pride." A person who brags about being humble may have too much pride in being humble to actually be humble. Sometimes fictional characters try to earn favor by saying "I'm just a humble man in search of..." when it is obvious they are the opposite. He is very humble about his achievements. She is too humble to let praise go to her head.

Final Thoughts

Please accept my humble apologies. (sometimes humorous) In my humble opinion [=in my opinion], he is the most talented actor on the stage today. Her humble suggestion is that we review the data more carefully. He comes from a humble background.