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English Dictionary: lowly	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lowly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lowly adj low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" Synonym(s): humble, low, lowly, modest, small inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" Synonym(s): junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) Synonym(s): humble, menial, lowly of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" Synonym(s): base, baseborn, humble, lowly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lowly \Low"ly\, adv. 1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. [bd]Be lowly wise.[b8] --Milton. 2. In a low condition; meanly. I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lowly \Low"ly\, a. [Compar. {Lowlier}; superl. {Lowliest}.] [Low, a. + -ly.] 1. Not high; not elevated in place; low. [bd]Lowly lands.[b8] --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.