'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]
adjective
Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [syn: humble, menial, lowly]
adjective
Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" [syn: base, baseborn, humble, lowly]

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]

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