lowly

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /ˈləʊli/ / /ˈloʊli/

Etymology: From low + -ly; compare Middle English lowly.

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”
Low in rank or social importance.
“One common right the great and lowly claims.”
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”
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.”

Etymology: From low + -ly; compare Middle English lowly.

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”
In a low condition; meanly.
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, […]”