marked by compassion or consideration for other human beings or animals
causing the minimum pain possible
humane killing of animals
characterized by broad humanistic culture; liberal
humane studies
humanely adv
humaneness noun
Middle English humain: see human1. Humane was a common earlier spelling of human in all its meanings, but since the 18th cent. this spelling has been restricted to the senses now current, which refer to the better aspects of human nature. See also Usage note at human1