All 5 Uses of
humane
in
The Lords of Discipline
- Byrum was not a great coach, that I had decided long ago, but he was a humane one; and I learned more from his frailties, his terrors, and his flawed vulnerable humanity than I would have learned from a great coach's strength.†
Chpt 3.30 *
- I only wish Cromwell had been less lenient and humane in his dealings with these pitiful, contemptible brutes.†
Chpt 4.34
- We devised a sure-fire way to make 'em talk, and it's perfectly humane.†
Chpt 4.36
- It wouldn't be humane to let you watch it, Molligen.†
Chpt 4.36
- That was the process Mark, Tradd, and I had begun as we fought for last words to say to him, as we struggled toward a humane and brotherly farewell.†
Chpt 4.41
Definition:
characterized by kindness -- especially a motivation to reduce suffering of others or of animals