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Lowly Common

Lowly has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

low or inferior in station or quality

"a humble cottage"

"a lowly parish priest"

"a modest man of the people"

"small beginnings"

2

inferior in rank or status

"the junior faculty"

"a lowly corporal"

"petty officialdom"

"a subordinate functionary"

3

used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

4

of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"

"of humble (or lowly) birth"

5

Not high; not elevated in place; low.

Adverb
1

In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

Example Sentences
"a humble cottage" adjective
"a lowly parish priest" adjective
"a modest man of the people" adjective
"small beginnings" adjective
"the junior faculty" adjective
"a lowly corporal" adjective
"petty officialdom" adjective
"a subordinate functionary" adjective
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces" adjective
"of humble (or lowly) birth" adjective
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Rhyming Words
owly rawly jowly newly lawly drawly viewly crawly scowly brawly growly crowly slowly scrawly sprawly narrowly hollowly yellowly mellowly fellowly
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