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most humble vs humblest

'Most humble' and 'humblest' are both correct, but the contexts for their usage are different. 'Most humble' is the comparative form used when comparing three or more things, while 'humblest' is the superlative form used when comparing only two things.

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Last updated: July 16, 2024

most humble

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when comparing three or more things.

Use 'most humble' when comparing three or more things to indicate the one with the highest level of humility.

Examples:

She is the most humble person I know.
Among the candidates, he is the most humble.

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That she brought me up, I likewise give her most humble thanks.
That a woman conceived me, I give her thanks, that she brought me up, I likewise give her most humble thanks.
The most humble companion Is a blessing for the passenger.
I am your most humble servant.
You have our most humble apologies, little 'Soka.
Considering my immense gifts, I'm one of the most humble men in the world.
My name is Hugin and I am the most humble servant of the Wanderer.
...for he has looked kindly upon the most humble of his handmaidens...
Even the most humble member of Her Majesty's Postal Service must sign it.
- Your majesty, I swear before you and before god. I am your most humble servant.
I believe I, the most humble member of Action Delivery Team, could do such a dance.
At the age of 84, I feel... ...like the most humble of altar-boys.
Stability protects the most humble and the Stability Pact is an urgent objective, but there can be no stability without growth.
In every stage of this oppression, we have petitionned for redress in the most humble terms.
In every state of these oppressions, we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms.
I am Your Majesty's, most humble and obedient servant.
Lord, he is not your most humble and devout servant, but I pray...
Here is the most humble of Thy Servants
Please accept my most humble apologies for this terrible and unnecessarily violent inconvenience.
Your most humble servant, Your Highness.

Alternatives:

very humble
extremely humble
incredibly humble
exceedingly humble
exceptionally humble

humblest

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when comparing only two things.

Use 'humblest' when comparing only two things to indicate the one with the highest level of humility.

Examples:

He is the humblest person in the room.
Out of the two brothers, John is the humblest.

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Heavenly Father, we come before Thee, knee-bent and body-bowed, in the humblest way that we know how.
All because someone stopped to see the grace and beauty and nobility of the humblest creature.
Vivian, I owe you... the humblest amends for being totally absent during the formative years of your childhood.
And, yes, do I admire the fortitude of this humblest of working men, stoicism, the old-world grit, standing there all these years, never a day sick, serving?
Our humblest apologies, Princess Selenia.
That luminous red caul I peeled from his wrinkled skin myself and consumed with the humblest gratitude.
Accept it with a sense of my deepest and humblest esteem.
He was the sweetest, humblest, kindest kitty cat that ever lived.
For some, it's the hope that we can learn to do what the humblest plant can do: make clean and abundant energy directly from sunlight.
My most abject and humblest apologies to you as well, Princess.
Anyway, I wish you all my humblest Christmas greetings...
Obviously, thank you to the interpreters, to whom I offer my humblest apologies.
Pablo Sandoval, deputy clerk, your humblest servant.
Why the reformation is necessary and the liberties and the opportunities it would be bringing to the King's humblest subjects.
In despair, she wandered even in the humblest districts, seeking at random.

Alternatives:

most humble
very humble
extremely humble
incredibly humble
exceedingly humble

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