1. Low or inferior in station or quality
   "a lowly parish priest"
   - humble, low, modest, small 
2. Inferior in rank or status
   "a lowly corporal"
   - junior-grade, lower-ranking, petty, secondary, subaltern 
3. Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
   - humble, menial 
4. Of low birth or station
   "of humble (or lowly) birth"
   - base [archaic], baseborn, humble

Derived forms: lowliest, lowlier

See also: inferior, junior, lowborn, unskilled

Encyclopedia: Lowly

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