lowly

1. a. Not high; not elevated in place; low. Source: opted

2. a. Low in rank or social importance. Source: opted

3. a. Not lofty or sublime; humble. Source: opted

4. a. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride. Source: opted

5. adv. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. Source: opted

6. adv. In a low condition; meanly. Source: opted

7. adj. low or inferior in station or quality Source: wordnet

8. adj. inferior in rank or status Source: wordnet

9. adj. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) Source: wordnet

10. adj. of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense) Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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) Source: ecdict

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