[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lowly \low"ly\, a. compar. lowlier; superl. lowliest.
   low, a. + -ly.
   1. not high; not elevated in place; low. "lowly lands."
      --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. low in rank or social importance.
      1913 webster

            one common right the great and lowly claims. --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. not lofty or sublime; humble.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster
see also:
lowlier lowliest 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lowly \low"ly\, adv.
   1. in a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. "be lowly
      wise." --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. in a low condition; meanly.
      1913 webster

            i will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

87 moby thesaurus words for "lowly":
   base, baseborn, below the salt, cockney, common, commonplace,
   deferential, demeaning, despised, disadvantaged, disliked,
   everyday, homely, humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest,
   in the shade, inferior, infra dig, inglorious, innocuous, junior,
   least, less, lesser, low, lowborn, lowbred, lower, lowest,
   lowliest, mean, meek, minor, misprized, misunderstood, modest,
   mundane, nonclerical, obeisant, obsequious, ordinary, out of favor,
   plain, plebeian, poor, retiring, reverential, rude, second rank,
   second string, secondary, servile, shabby-genteel, simple, small,
   sub, subaltern, subject, subordinate, subservient, teachable,
   thankless, third rank, third string, third-estate, unappreciated,
   unassuming, uncared-for, underprivileged, undistinguished,
   ungenteel, unimportant, unlamented, unmissed, unmourned, unpopular,
   unpretentious, unregretted, unsung, unvalued, unwashed, vulgar,
   withdrawing, workaday, workday

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