Usually means: Humble in status or manner.
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  1. lowly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lowly: Merriam-Webster
  3. lowly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lowly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lowly: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lowly: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lowly, lowly: Wordnik
  8. lowly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lowly: Wiktionary
  10. lowly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lowly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lowly: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Lowly, lowly: Dictionary.com
  14. lowly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Lowly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Lowly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. lowly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. lowly: Rhymezone
  19. lowly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. lowly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. lowly: FreeDictionary.org
  22. lowly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. lowly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lowly: Legal dictionary

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  1. lowly: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lowly: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Not high; not elevated in place; low.
▸ adjective:  Low in rank or social importance.
▸ adjective:  Not lofty or sublime; humble.
▸ adjective:  Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
▸ adverb:  In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
▸ adverb:  In a low condition; meanly.
▸ adverb:  At low pitch or volume.

Similar:
low, lowborn, petty, small, inferior, modest, humble, unskilled, baseborn, menial, more...

Opposite:
lofty, high, superior

Types:
worm, snail, slug, cockroach, flea, louse, mosquito, tick, mite, more...

Phrases:
Lowly Worm, lowly laborer, lowly worker, lowly worker of old, lowly workers, more...

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Similar:
low, lowborn, petty, small, inferior, modest, humble, unskilled, baseborn, menial, more...

Opposite:
lofty, high, superior

Types:
worm, snail, slug, cockroach, flea, louse, mosquito, tick, mite, more...

Phrases:
Lowly Worm, lowly laborer, lowly worker, lowly worker of old, lowly workers, lowly middle ages laborer, said lowly, lowly laborers, unpaid intern or lowly laborer, more lowly, say lowly, lowly state, more...

Colors:
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