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1. (adj.) lowly
humble in station, condition, or nature:
a lowly cottage.
2. lowly
low in growth or position.
3. lowly
humble in attitude, behavior, or spirit; meek.
4. (adv.) lowly
in a low position, manner, or degree:
a lowly placed shelf.
5. lowly
humbly.
6. lowly
in a quiet voice:
to converse lowly.
Etymology: (1300–50)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) humble, low, lowly, modest, small
low or inferior in station or quality
"a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
2. (adj) junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern
inferior in rank or status
"the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
3. (adj) humble, menial, lowly
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
4. (adj) base, baseborn, humble, lowly
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) lowly
not high; not elevated in place; low
2. (adj) lowly
low in rank or social importance
3. (adj) lowly
not lofty or sublime; humble
4. (adj) lowly
having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride
5. (adverb) lowly
in a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly
6. (adverb) lowly
in a low condition; meanly
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Sense: of low rank; humble.
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 Afrikaans: lae |
 Arabic: مُتَواضِع، وَضيع |
 Bulgarian: скромен |
 Brazilian: humilde |
 Czech: nízký |
 German: niedrig, demütig |
 Danish: underordnet; ydmyg |
 Greek: ταπεινός |
 Spanish: humilde |
 Estonian: alandlik |
 Farsi: بی ادب |
 Finnish: alhainen |
 French: humble |
 Hebrew: נְחוּת דַרגָה, צָנוּעַ |
 Hindi: अधीन |
 Croatian: skroman, ponizan |
 Hungarian: egyszerű, alsó(bb) |
 Indonesian: hina |
 Icelandic: lágt settur |
 Italian: umile |
 Japanese: 地位の低い |
 Korean: 초라한 |
 Lithuanian: menkas,žemas, niekingas |
 Latvian: zema stāvokļa-; vienkāršs |
 Malay: bawahan |
 Dutch: nederig |
 Norwegian: underordnet; ydmyk, beskj |
 Polish: skromny |
 Persian: بی ادب |
 Pashto: په بى ادبى |
 Portuguese: humilde |
 Romanian: de jos; umil |
 Russian: занимающий скромное/низко |
 Slovak: nízky |
 Slovenian: ponižen |
 Serbian: skroman |
 Swedish: ringa, oansenlig,ödmjuk |
 Thai: ต่ำ (ฐานะ) |
 Turkish: küçük rütbeli, ast; alçak |
 Taiwanese: 卑微的 |
 Ukrainian: скромно |
 Urdu: مسکین |
 Vietnamese: thấp |
 Chinese: 卑贱的 |
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