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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOWLY, a. [low and like.]
1. 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 lovly in heart. Matthew 11.
He scorneth the scorners; but he giveth grace to the lowly. Proverbs 3.
2. Mean; low; wanting dignity or rank.
One common right the great and lowly claim.
3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
these rural poems, and their lowly strain.
4. Not high; not elevated in place.
LOWLY, adv.
1. Humbly; meekly; modestly.
Belowly wise.
2. Meanly; in a low condition; without grandeur or dignity.
I will show myself highly fed and lowly taught.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, 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]

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb Date: 14th century 1. in a humble or meek manner 2. in a low position, manner, or degree 3. not loudly II. adjective (lowlier; -est) Date: 14th century 1. humble in manner or spirit ; free from self-assertive pride 2. not lofty or sublime ; prosaic 3. ranking low in some hierarchy 4. of or relating to a low social or economic rank 5. low in the scale of biological or cultural evolution • lowliness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (lowlier, lowliest) 1 humble in feeling, behaviour, or status. 2 modest, unpretentious. 3 (of an organism) evolved to only a slight degree. Derivatives: lowlily adv. lowliness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. --Pope. 3. Not lofty or sublime; humble. These rural poems, and their lowly strain. --Dryden. 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. --Matt. xi. 29.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lowlier, lowliest) If you describe someone or something as lowly, you mean that they are low in rank, status, or importance. ...lowly bureaucrats pretending to be senators... ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Low. 2. Humble. 3. Mean, low. 4. Modest, unpretending, meek, humble, mild.

Moby Thesaurus

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