lowly

adjective

1. 1

   Not high; not elevated in place; low.

   And those whom Tiber's holy forests hide, Or Circe's hills from the main land divide; Where Ufens glides along the lowly lands, Or the black water of Pomptina stands.

   And I watched you waltz from tree to tree As I slunk in my lowly lair

2. 2

   Low in rank or social importance.

   One common right the great and lowly claims.

3. 3

   Not lofty or sublime; humble.

   Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise. Which at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.

   For all who read, and reading, not disdain / These rural poems, and their lowly strain

4. 4

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

   Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.

adverb

1. 1

   In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

   Walking through the park, it wasn't quite dark / There was a man sitting on a bench / Out of the crowd as his head lowly bowed

2. 2

   In a low condition; meanly.

3. 3

   At low pitch or volume.

   These words were lowly and sweetly murmured in the same way with the word mother, being changefully varied in their modulations, […]

Forms

comparative

lowlier, more lowly

superlative

lowliest, most lowly