Lowly

/ˈləʊli/ · adjective

Meaning

Not high; not elevated in place; low..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
2. Low in rank or social importance.
3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
4. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
5. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
6. In a low condition; meanly.
7. At low pitch or volume.

Example Sentences

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

One common right the great and lowly claims.

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

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.

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

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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• lowlier
• lowliest
• more lowly
• most lowly

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