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lowly(1) (iou)



lowly adjective. Now chiefly arch. & rhet. LME.
[from LOW adjective + -LY1.]
Humble in feeling or behaviour; humble in condition or quality; modest. LME.
R. Owen Her parents would not..consider allowing their daughter to marry a man..of lowly origin. D. Rowe The lowly status of children..in poverty.
b. Low, mean, base. rare. M18.
Low in position (usu. with allus. to sense 1). L16.
E. K. Kane The sun, albeit from a lowly altitude, shone out.
Of a plant or animal: primitive, simple. L19.
lowlihead noun (arch.) humility, lowliness LME.
lowlily adverb ME.
lowliness noun LME.