All 4 Uses of
humane
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- No one looked at the subject from that point of view then, but that's the truly humane point of view, I assure you.†
Chpt 4.1
- But the "humane" Andrey Semyonovitch ascribed Pyotr Petrovitch's ill-humour to his recent breach with Dounia and he was burning with impatience to discourse on that theme.†
Chpt 5.1
- Seeing a fact which you mistakenly consider deserving of contempt, you refuse to take a humane view of a fellow creature.†
Chpt 5.1 *
- That is honourable, I mean to say, it's humane!†
Chpt 5.1
Definition:
characterized by kindness -- especially a motivation to reduce suffering of others or of animals