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lowly(medicine)
lowly(dictionary)
lowly(2)(dictionary)
Korean War(encyclopedia)
Korean War, the(dictionary)
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Korean War, the (oh) and lowly(1) (iou)


Korean War, the (oh)



a war between Chinese and North Korean forces on one side and UN and South Korean forces on the Other. The war began in 1950 and ended in 1953, with neither side having won.

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.