lowly

UK /ˈləʊli/ US /ˈloʊli/
adj 4adv 3

Definitions

adj

1

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.

And I watched you waltz from tree to tree As I slunk in my lowly lair

2

Low in rank or social importance.

One common right the great and lowly claims.

3

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.

For all who read, and reading, not disdain / These rural poems, and their lowly strain

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.

adv

1

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

2

In a low condition; meanly.

3

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, […]

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