lowly English

Meaning lowly meaning

What does lowly mean?

lowly

— adjective (= humble, low, modest, small) low or inferior in station or quality a humble cottage a lowly parish priest a modest man of the people small beginnings

— adjective (= petty) inferior in rank or status the junior faculty a lowly corporal petty officialdom a subordinate functionary

— adjective (= humble) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

— adjective (= base, baseborn, humble) of low birth or station ('base' is archaic in this sense) baseborn wretches with dirty faces of humble (or lowly) birth

Synonyms lowly synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as lowly?

lowly English » English

humble

plain

modest

menial

meek

low

common

base

baseborn

small

petty

ordinary

vile

unpretentious

unobtrusive

subaltern

secondary

poor

mean

lower-ranking

low-down

junior-grade

basic

venial

unsophisticated

unpretending

unostentatious

unnoticeable

uninfluential

unimpressive

unimposing

unimportant

ungentle

underived

trivial

trite

taciturn

submissively

squalid

speechless

spare

sordid

sober

small-time

slow-witted

single

simplex

simple-minded

simple

silent

Topics lowly topics

What do people use lowly to talk about?

Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Humble

• What words describe someone who is humble?
  humble lowly meek mild modest self-deprecating self-effacing simple timid timorous unassuming unpretentious

Examples lowly examples

How do I use lowly in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

But confess them with a humble, lowly.

The job of a lowly assistant.

A lowly section chief openly defying the deputy mayor. Made history at City Hall.

Here the lowly Keg is dead.

Because you scientific, not lowly like woman.

But do you all think that women are more lowly than men?

Regarding custom of bowing to king in fashion of lowly toad.

He wills that man should live humbly. and go through life, not reaching after lofty aims. but fitting himself to the lowly and learning from the Gospels. to be meek. and simple of heart.

Friends, you saw enter here a waif, a gamin, a lowly caterpillar.

I'm just a lowly gangster.

I'm just a lowly blind man.

Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

A flock of lowly sheep. who cringe and dare not raise their heads.

When I act like I'm the lord of the manor. and she's a lowly peasant like.

He's just a lowly tailor.

Will youalways be some lowly clerk?

Now you will always be some lowly clerk, clerk, clerk, clerk.

Lowly clerk, clerk, clerk.

What's shameful is a lowly Barrigni striking a Deburau, treacherously, in public!

Unfortunately, Mr. Burdin, I'm not here to be funny but to do my job. The job of a lowly assistant.

And cast into Egypt, into the lowly hut of Amram and Yochabel, the seed of a man upon whose mind and heart would be written God's law and God's commandments.

Spent all that junk on healing' the sick and helping the lowly.

Gold is just a lowly employee.

You're mistaken, I'm just a lowly employee and we'll never be on the same side of the counter.

Here are two lowly insects that were prowling around the ship.

It can't be easier to become a Count of the Pope than be a lowly pimp.

Kim and his lama rubbed elbows with all humanity. from the lowly beggar to the maharajah. who traveled the Grand Trunk Road in lordly state. accepting homage from those who passed, and giving alms to those who pled.

Hip Hip Hooray! Here the lowly Keg is dead.

Do you think it would cause a complete breakdown of discipline if a lowly lieutenant kissed a starship captain on the bridge of his ship?

Please, Adriana, to lower ourselves to the level of lowly gangsters?

I won't bear the contempt of a lowly journalist for long.

Lowly trash!

No women to do the lowly work?

I'm only a lowly commander, Doctor.

It is not only his lowly birth and the brutality of his manners which disgust me.

I'd rather die than be captured by lowly creatures like you!

She said I'm a lowly creature!

News and current affairs

Bankers are still social pariahs, as lowly valued by the public as drug dealers or journalists.