humbly Copy link Outline 1. summissē2. summisso (demisso) animo3. mŏdestē (opp. to arrogantly, in a modest, unpresumptuous spirit) • humbly: 1. summissē: to act the more h., tanto summissius se gerere, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90. 2. summisso (demisso) animo: v. humble. (Humiliter only in bad sense, with a mean spirit.) 3. mŏdestē (opp. to arrogantly, in a modest, unpresumptuous spirit): cf. Liv. 30, 42, med., rebus secundis modeste ac moderate uti: v. modestly, moderately.