humble definition

1. cause to be unpretentious
• examples: This experience will humble him
2. low or inferior in station or quality
• examples: a humble cottage
• examples: a lowly parish priest
• examples: a modest man of the people
• examples: small beginnings
3. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; ; - B.K.Malinowski
• examples: a humble apology
• examples: essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions
4. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)