lowly

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Not high

   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. 2

   Low in rank or social importance.

   • One common right the great and lowly claims.
3. 3

   Not lofty or sublime

   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
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   1. 4

      Having a low esteem of one's own worth

      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.
   2. 5

      In a low manner

      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
   3. 6

      In a low condition

      In a low condition; meanly.

   4. 7

      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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