About The Word Lowly
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Lowly
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What's The Definition Of Lowly?
[adj] of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
[adj] inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" [adj] used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [adj] low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" Synonyms | Synonyms for Lowly: base | baseborn | humble | inferior | junior | junior-grade | low | lowborn | lower | lower-ranking | menial | modest | petty(a) | secondary | small | subaltern | subordinate | unskilled Related Terms | Find terms related to Lowly: base | baseborn | below the salt | cockney | common | commonplace | deferential | demeaning | despised | disadvantaged | disliked | everyday | homely | humble | humble-looking | humblest | humble-visaged | 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 See Also | Lowly In Webster's Dictionary \Low"ly\, a. [Compar. {Lowlier}; superl. {Lowliest}.]
[Low, a. + -ly.]
1. Not high; not elevated in place; low. ``Lowly lands.''
--Dryden.
2. Low in rank or social importance.
One common right the great and lowly claims. --Pope.
3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
These rural poems, and their lowly strain. --Dryden.
4. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free
from pride.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am
meek and lowly in heart. --Matt. xi.
29.
\Low"ly\, adv. 1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. ``Be lowly wise.'' --Milton. 2. In a low condition; meanly. I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught. --Shak. |
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