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Vinony

humanely

adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /hjuːˈmeɪn.li/

adv

Etymology: From Middle English humanly; equivalent to humane + -ly. Piecewise doublet of humanly.

  1. In a humane manner.

    “The study was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of the University of Florida and the tortoise was humanely euthanized with an overdose of sodium pentobarbital performed by intracoelomatic injection [34 ].”