lowly

Speech parts

1. lowly - Adjective

2. lowly - Adverb

4. lowly - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

small low base secondary modest petty humble menial subaltern baseborn lower-ranking junior-grade meek common lower
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Antonyms

royal august grand imperial viscount patrician
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Phrases with the word

lowly grunts lowly-paid lowly stuff lowly trevally lowly position

Derivatives

lowlier lowliest

Anagrams

wolly

Examples

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly. William Wordsworth

We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. Charles Darwin

Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing. Kenneth Grahame

The land is a chief, and a person is its lowly servant. Tahitian Proverb

Suffering and patience, obedience and application, help the lowly born to honour. Danish Proverb

From the lowly perspective of a dog's eyes, everyone looks short. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

lowliness lowliness of mind lowling lowly grunts lowly position lowly stuff