Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lowly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lowly \Low"ly\, adv.
1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. ``Be lowly
wise.'' --Milton.
2. In a low condition; meanly.
I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught.
--Shak.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lowly
adj 1: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage";
"a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people";
"small beginnings" [syn: {humble}, {low}, {modest}, {small}]
2: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {inferior}, {lower}, {lower-ranking},
{petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subaltern}, {subordinate}]
3: used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [syn: {humble},
{menial}]
4: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or
lowly) birth" [syn: {base}, {baseborn}, {humble}]
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