| a. | 1. | Not high; not elevated in place; low. |
| 2. | Low in rank or social importance. | |
| 3. | Not lofty or sublime; humble. | |
| 4. | Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride. | |
| adv. | 1. | In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. |
| 2. | In a low condition; meanly. |
| 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" |
| 2. | lowly - inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" | |
| 3. | lowly - used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) | |
| 4. | lowly - of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" |