HUMANE


Meaning of HUMANE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hju:ˈmeɪn ]

adj. 1 benevolent, compassionate. 2 inflicting the minimum of pain. 3 (of a branch of learning) tending to civilize or confer refinement. øhumane killer an instrument for the painless slaughter of animals. øøhumanely adv. humaneness n. [var. of HUMAN, differentiated in sense in the 18th c.]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.