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Meaning of 'lowly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lowly [ a.]
- Not high; not elevated in place; low.
- Low in rank or social importance.
- Not lofty or sublime; humble.
- Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
2 . Lowly [ adv.]
- In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
- In a low condition; meanly.

Meaning of 'lowly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . lowly [ s]
Meaning (1):
- low or inferior in station or quality
Example in sentence:
  • a humble cottage;
  • a lowly parish priest;
  • a modest man of the people;
  • small beginnings
Meaning (2):
- inferior in rank or status
Example in sentence:
  • a lowly corporal;
  • a subordinate functionary;
  • petty officialdom;
  • the junior faculty
Meaning (3):
- of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Example in sentence:
  • baseborn wretches with dirty faces;
  • of humble (or lowly) birth

Nearby Words:

low low-church low-churchism low-churchman low-churchmanship low-lived low-minded low-mindedness low-necked low-pressure

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