Meaning of lowly in English

1. Pronunciation

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1. Classifying Adjective

   lowly

   Definitions

   1. low or inferior in station or quality

   Examples

   • « a humble cottage »
   • « a lowly parish priest »
   • « a modest man of the people »
   • « small beginnings »

   Synonyms

   • inferior
2. 2. inferior in rank or status

   Examples

   • « the junior faculty »
   • « a lowly corporal »
   • « petty officialdom »
   • « a subordinate functionary »

   Synonyms

   • junior
3. 3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

   Synonyms

   • unskilled
4. 4. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

   Examples

   • « baseborn wretches with dirty faces »
   • « of humble (or lowly) birth »

   Synonyms

   • lowborn