'Lowly' definitions:
Definition of 'lowly'
From: WordNet
adjective
Low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" [syn: humble, low, lowly, modest, small]
adjective
Inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" [syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern]
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Definition of 'Lowly'
From: GCIDE
- Lowly \Low"ly\, adv.
- 1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. "Be lowly wise." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In a low condition; meanly. [1913 Webster]
- I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lowly'
From: GCIDE
- Lowly \Low"ly\, a. [Compar. Lowlier; superl. Lowliest.] [Low, a. + -ly.]
- 1. Not high; not elevated in place; low. "Lowly lands." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Low in rank or social importance. [1913 Webster]
- One common right the great and lowly claims. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not lofty or sublime; humble. [1913 Webster]
- These rural poems, and their lowly strain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride. [1913 Webster]
- Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart. --Matt. xi. 29. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lowly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- base,
- baseborn,
- below the salt,
- cockney,
- common,
- commonplace,
- deferential,
- demeaning,
- despised,
- disadvantaged,
- disliked,
- everyday,
- homely,
- humble,
- humble-looking,
- humble-visaged,
- humblest,
- in the shade,
- inferior,
- infra dig,
- inglorious,
- innocuous,
- junior,
- least,
- less,
- lesser,
- low,
- lowborn,
- lowbred,
- lower,
- lowest,
- lowliest,
- mean,
- meek,
- minor,
- misprized,
- misunderstood,
- modest,
- mundane,
- nonclerical,
- obeisant,
- obsequious,
- ordinary,
- out of favor,
- plain,
- plebeian,
- poor,
- retiring,
- reverential,
- rude,
- second rank,
- second string,
- secondary,
- servile,
- shabby-genteel,
- simple,
- small,
- sub,
- subaltern,
- subject,
- subordinate,
- subservient,
- teachable,
- thankless,
- third rank,
- third string,
- third-estate,
- unappreciated,
- unassuming,
- uncared-for,
- underprivileged,
- undistinguished,
- ungenteel,
- unimportant,
- unlamented,
- unmissed,
- unmourned,
- unpopular,
- unpretentious,
- unregretted,
- unsung,
- unvalued,
- unwashed,
- vulgar,
- withdrawing,
- workaday,
- workday