What is "lowly" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does lowly mean in English? Meaning of lowly definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "lowly" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "lowly": low or inferior in station or quality

Adjective

  • Meaning: low or inferior in station or quality
  • Example: a humble cottage a lowly parish priest a modest man of the people small beginnings
  • Synonyms: humble low lowly modest small
  • Similar: inferior
  • Meaning of "lowly": inferior in rank or status

    Adjective

  • Meaning: inferior in rank or status
  • Example: the junior faculty a lowly corporal petty officialdom a subordinate functionary
  • Synonyms: junior-grade lower-ranking lowly petty secondary subaltern
  • Similar: junior
  • Meaning of "lowly": used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

    Adjective

  • Meaning: used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
  • Synonyms: humble lowly menial
  • Similar: unskilled
  • Meaning of "lowly": of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
  • Example: baseborn wretches with dirty faces of humble (or lowly) birth
  • Synonyms: base baseborn humble lowly
  • Similar: lowborn
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