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lowly
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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
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adjective
(= petty)
inferior in rank or status
the junior faculty
a lowly corporal
petty officialdom
a subordinate functionary
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adjective
(= humble)
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
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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
maidservant
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noun
(= maid)
a female domestic