Category:Lowly

Low"ly, a. [Compar. Lowlier; superl. Lowliest.] Etym: [Low, a. + - ly.]

1. Not high; not elevated in place; low. "Lowly lands." Dryden.

2. Low in rank or social importance. One common right the great and lowly claims. Pope.

3. Not lofty or sublime; humble. These rural poems, and their lowly strain. Dryden.

4. 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. Matt. xi. 29.

lowly Low"ly, adv.

1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. "Be lowly wise." Milton.

2. In a low condition; meanly. I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught. Shak.