All 3 Uses of
humane
in
Bleak House
- Now, if I avow that I represent, in Jarndyce and Jarndyce and otherwise, a highly humane, but at the same time singular, man, shall I compromise myself by any stretch of my professional caution?" said Mr. Kenge, leaning back in his chair again and looking calmly at us both.†
Chpt 1-3
- I catch them in humane man traps, fire split peas at their legs, play upon them with the engine—resolve to free mankind from the insupportable burden of the existence of those lurking ruffians.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- "Now, Mr. Jarndyce"—Mr. Bucket has read his face with the greatest attention all along—"I speak to you as a gentleman of a humane heart, and under such pressing circumstances as don't often happen.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(humane) characterized by kindness -- especially a motivation to reduce suffering of others or of animals