lowlier

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.[1913 Webster]

4.Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride. [1913 Webster]

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.— Matt. xi. 29.[1913 Webster]
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