lowly

Words with a similar base: lowly

'lowly'

[humble.s.01] as in: low or inferior in station or quality

Examples:
a humble cottage
a lowly parish priest
a modest man of the people
small beginnings

'lowly'

[junior-grade.s.01] as in: inferior in rank or status

Examples:
the junior faculty
a lowly corporal
petty officialdom
a subordinate functionary

'lowly'

[humble.s.02] as in: used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

'lowly'

[base.s.02] as in: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

Examples:
baseborn wretches with dirty faces
of humble (or lowly) birth

Origins

					lowly (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── low (English)
    ├── hlaw (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    ├── lowe (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── lowen (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── hlowan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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