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lowly
adjective
1 lowly
Low or inferior in station or quality:
— A lowly parish priest.
synonyms: humble, low, modest, small.
Roget 879:
humble,
lowly,
meek;
modest
etc.
881;
humble minded,
sober-minded;
unoffended†;
submissive
etc.
725;
servile,
etc.
886.
condescending;
affable
etc.
(courteous)
891.
humbled
etc.
v.;
bowed down,
resigned;
abashed,
ashamed,
dashed;
out of countenance;
down in the mouth;
down on one's knees,
down on one's marrowbones,
down on one's uppers;
humbled in the dust,
browbeaten;
chapfallen†,
crestfallen;
dumfoundered†.
flabbergasted.
shorn of one's glory
etc.
(disrepute)
874.
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2 lowly
3 lowly
Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work).
synonyms: humble, menial.
4 lowly
Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense):
— Of humble (or lowly) birth.
synonyms: base, baseborn, humble.
Moby thesaurus: base, baseborn, below the salt, cockney, common, commonplace, deferential, demeaning, despised, disadvantaged, disliked, everyday, homely, humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest, in the shade, inferior, infra dig, inglorious, innocuous, junior, least, less, lesser, low, lowborn, lowbred, lower, lowest, lowliest, mean, meek, minor, misprized, misunderstood, modest, mundane, nonclerical, obeisant, obsequious, ordinary, out of favor, plain, plebeian, poor, retiring, reverential, rude, second rank, second string, secondary, servile, shabby-genteel, simple, small, sub, subaltern, subject, subordinate, subservient, teachable, thankless, third rank, third string, third-estate, unappreciated, unassuming, uncared-for, underprivileged, undistinguished, ungenteel, unimportant, unlamented, unmissed, unmourned, unpopular, unpretentious, unregretted, unsung, unvalued, unwashed, vulgar, withdrawing, workaday, workday ... show more.
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