humanely

English

Etymology

From Middle English humanly; equivalent to humane +‎ -ly. Piecewise doublet of humanly.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /hjuːˈmeɪn.li/

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Adverb

humanely (comparative more humanely, superlative most humanely)

1. In a humane manner.
   • 2015 August 6, “A Genomic Approach to Unravel Host-Pathogen Interaction in Chelonians: The Example of Testudinid Herpesvirus 3”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     The study was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of the University of Florida and the tortoise was humanely euthanized with an overdose of sodium pentobarbital performed by intracoelomatic injection [34 ].

Translations

in a humane manner

Catalan: humanament (ca) Esperanto: humane Estonian: inimlikult, humaanselt French: humainement (fr) Georgian: ჰუმანურად (humanurad) German: menschlich (de) Icelandic: mannúðlega Polish: po ludzku (pl), humanitarnie (pl), ludzko (pl) Portuguese: humanamente (pt) Spanish: humanamente