lowly

[Low·ly]

Lowly things aren't considered to be important or impressive. Your lowly position on a sports team might make you best suited to carry all of the players' equipment.

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Not high; not elevated in place; low.

Adjective S.
of low birth or station (`base'' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

Adjective S.
inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"

Adjective S.
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

Adjective S.
low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"


a.
Not high; not elevated in place; low.

a.
Low in rank or social importance.

a.
Not lofty or sublime; humble.

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

adv.
In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

adv.
In a low condition; meanly.


Lowly

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.
3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
These rural poems, and their lowly strain.
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.

Lowly

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.

Not high; not elevated in place; low.

In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

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Usage Examples

Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

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