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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Humanly

She spoke as fast as humanly possible.
Why did they say "humanly"?
  

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Anonymous Why did they say "humanly"? as fast as any human being can speak Adding "humanly" is an exaggeration, of course, to emphasize the idea of speaking fast. q=%22as+humanly+possible%22&l=0 CJ

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  • Anonymous Why did they say "humanly"?
  • as fast as any human being can speak Adding "humanly" is an exaggeration, of course, to emphasize the idea of speaking fast.
  • q=%22as+humanly+possible%22&l=0 CJ
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AnonymousWhy did they say "humanly"?
as fast as any human being can speak

Adding "humanly" is an exaggeration, of course, to emphasize the idea of speaking fast.

For many more examples of this idiom, see http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=%22as+h
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Speech can be recorded and played back at a faster speed than any human being could possibly say it.
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