how to pronounce humility

/hjuːˈmɪl.ə.ti/

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humility is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of humility in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… do but the humility is about the wider …”

meaning of humility

Humility means the quality of being humble.

humility frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word humility occurs in english on average 2.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics humility can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that humility can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;