Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lowliest"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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