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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. low or inferior in station or quality;
- Example: "a humble cottage"
- Example: "a lowly parish priest"
- Example: "a modest man of the people"
- Example: "small beginnings"
[syn: humble, low, lowly, modest, small]

2. inferior in rank or status;
- Example: "the junior faculty"
- Example: "a lowly corporal"
- Example: "petty officialdom"
- Example: "a subordinate functionary"
[syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern]

3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work);
[syn: humble, menial, lowly]

4. of low birth or station (`base'; is archaic in this sense);
- Example: "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"
- Example: "of humble (or lowly) birth"
[syn: base, baseborn, humble, lowly]



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.
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   2. In a low condition; meanly.
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            I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught.
                                                  --Shak.
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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.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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,
           lowly, modest, small]
    2: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
       corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
       [syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a),
       secondary, subaltern]
    3: used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [syn:
       humble, menial, lowly]
    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, lowly]