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Liton Das Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Humble

Oh! How humble you are.


It's the sentence I said when someone was being polite to me and in reply I said that.

Please state some other words that can be replaced with humble or sentences that can imply the same meaning?

  

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Liton Das It's the sentence I said when someone was being polite to me and in reply I said that. "How humble you are" is inappropriate as a reply to someone who has simply been polite to you. g.

  • Liton Das It's the sentence I said when someone was being polite to me and in reply I said that.
  • "How humble you are" is inappropriate as a reply to someone who has simply been polite to you.
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  • "That's very kind of you".
  • "How humble you are" would apply when someone has shown modesty about themselves, or lack of self-importance, but it is far from a common thing to say, and may risk sounding sarcastic or facetious.
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Liton DasIt's the sentence I said when someone was being polite to me and in reply I said that.

"How humble you are" is inappropriate as a reply to someone who has simply been polite to you. Depending on exact circumstances, you might be able to say e.g. "That's very kind of you".

"How humble you are" would apply when someone has shown modesty about t

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