lowly

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lowly Definition

• (s) low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
• (s) inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
• (s) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
• (s) of low birth or station (`base'' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

lowly Synonyms

• base
• baseborn
• humble
• inferior
• junior-grade
• low
• lower
• lower-ranking
• lowly
• menial
• modest
• petty(a)
• secondary
• small
• subaltern
• subordinate