Sekirov Dictionary

lowly

UK /ˈləʊli/US /ˈloʊli/

adjective 4
adverb 3
forms 4

adjective4

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Low in rank or social importance.
- One common right the great and lowly claims. — 1725
•
Not lofty or sublime; humble.
- Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise. Which at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford. — 2010
•
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. — 1611
•
Not high; not elevated in place; low.
- And those whom Tiber's holy forests hide, Or Circe's hills from the main land divide; Where Ufens glides along the lowly lands, Or the black water of Pomptina stands. — 1697

adverb3

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In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
- Walking through the park, it wasn't quite dark / There was a man sitting on a bench / Out of the crowd as his head lowly bowed — 1963
•
At low pitch or volume.
- These words were lowly and sweetly murmured in the same way with the word mother, being changefully varied in their modulations, […] — 1852
In a low condition; meanly.

forms

lowlier · more lowly · lowliest · most lowly

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