lowly \low"ly\, a. compar. lowlier; superl. lowliest.
   low, a. + -ly.
   1. not high; not elevated in place; low. "lowly lands."
      --dryden.
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   2. low in rank or social importance.
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            one common right the great and lowly claims. --pope.
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   3. not lofty or sublime; humble.
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            these rural poems, and their lowly strain. --dryden.
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   4. having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free
      from pride.
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            take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for i am
            meek and lowly in heart.              --matt. xi.
                                                  29.
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lowlier lowliest 

lowly
     adj 1: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage";
            "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people";
            "small beginnings" syn: humble, low, modest, small
     2: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
        corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
        functionary" syn: junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking,
         pettya, secondary, subaltern, subordinate
     3: used of unskilled work especially domestic work syn: humble,
         menial
     4: of low birth or station `base' is archaic in this sense;
        "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble or
        lowly birth" syn: base, baseborn, humble
     also: lowliest, lowlier
see also:
humble low modest small junior-grade inferior 
lower lower-ranking pettya secondary subaltern 
subordinate menial base baseborn lowliest 
lowlier 

lowliest
     see lowly
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