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humanely

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hu·mane  (hy-mn)
adj.
1. Characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion: a humane judge.
2. Marked by an emphasis on humanistic values and concerns: a humane education.

[Middle English humain, human; see human.]

hu·manely adv.
hu·maneness n.
Synonyms: humane, compassionate, humanitarian, merciful
These adjectives mean marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering: a humane physician; compassionate toward impoverished people; released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons; is merciful to the repentant.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.humanely - in a humane manner; "let's treat the prisoners of war humanely"
inhumanely - in an inhumane manner; "the prisoners of war were treated inhumanely"
Translations
humanely [hjuːˈmeɪnlɪ] ADVhumanamente
humanely [ˌhjuːˈmeɪnli] adv [treat] → humainement
to be humanely destroyed [animal] → être abattu(e) sans cruauté
human error ndéfaillance f humaine
Humane Society n (US) the Humane Society société protectrice des animaux
human genome ngénome m humain
human growth hormone nhormone f de croissance humaine
human interest ndimension f humaine
human interest story nfait m divers
humanely
adv treathuman; treat people alsomenschenwürdig; rear animalsunter humanen Bedingungen; destroy, slaughter, kill(möglichst) schmerzlos; to destroy an animal humanely (= put to sleep)ein Tier einschläfern
humanely [hjuːˈmeɪnlɪ] advcon umanità
humanely [hjuːˈmeɪnlɪ] advcon umanità


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The number of those men who know how to use wholly irresponsible power humanely and generously is small.
Indeed, they might have occasionally shot beavers that were swimming in the river as they floated by, but they humanely spared their lives, being in no want of meat at the time.
However, Tess became humanely beneficent towards the small ones, and to help them as much as possible she used, as soon as she left school, to lend a hand at haymaking or harvesting on neighbouring farms; or, by preference, at milking or butter-making processes, which she had learnt when her father had owned cows; and being deft-fingered it was a kind of work in which she excelled.
 
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