Thesaurus: lowly

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1. a. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
2. a. Low in rank or social importance.
3. a. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
4. a. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
5. adv. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
6. adv. In a low condition; meanly.
7. adj. low or inferior in station or quality
8. adj. inferior in rank or status
9. adj. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
10. adj. of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
11. 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. 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.
12. j:100 s low or inferior in station or quality s inferior in rank or status s used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) s of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)