lowly (redirected from lowliest)

low·ly  (ll)

adj. low·li·er, low·li·est

1. Having or suited for a low rank or position.

2. Humble or meek in manner.

3. Plain or prosaic in nature.

adv.

1. In a low manner, condition, or position.

2. In a meek or humble manner.

3. Low in sound.

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lowli·ness n.

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lowly

Adjective

[-lier, -liest]

1. humble in position or status

2. simple and unpretentious

lowliness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	lowly - low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" humble, modest, small, low inferior - of or characteristic of low rank or importance
	2.	lowly - inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" junior-grade, lower-ranking, petty, subaltern, secondary junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
	3.	lowly - used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) menial, humble unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"
	4.	lowly - of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" baseborn, base, humble lowborn - of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor"

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lowly

adjective 1. lowborn, obscure, subordinate, inferior, mean, proletarian, ignoble, plebeian

adjective 2. unpretentious, common, poor, average, simple, ordinary, plain, modest, homespun

Translations

lowly [ˈləulɪ] adj → humilde

lowly [ˈləulɪ] adj → humble, modeste

lowly [ˈləulɪ] low adj [position] → niedrig; [origin] → bescheiden

lowly [ˈləulɪ] adj → umile, modesto/a