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Meanings of lowly in anglès

Inferior in rank or status.

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Low or inferior in station or quality.

Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

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Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

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Usage of lowly in anglès
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Niryn did not regret his lowly birth; quite the opposite, in fact.
Oracle's Queen
2
She would soon forget that night in London with her lowly lieutenant.
Cross of St. George
3
Their first aim was lowly; and the way gradually opened before them.
The Recreations of a Country Parson
4
Give wisdom to the simple this day, and understanding to the lowly.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 / A Ma...
5
She had learnt also the lowly and self-denying faith in common chances.
The Colour of Life
6
The other men laughed, but the Red Fox looked meek and lowly.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
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Meanwhile, Olive is on borrowed time as a lowly City Hall typist.
The Irish Times
8
Such is the worldly station of these apostles of the lowly Jesus.
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation
9
The leading four will meet lowly placed teams in the last round.
The Irish Times
10
Take the retail apprenticeship, a weak, lowly esteemed course in generic basics.
The Guardian
11
Only among the lowly, the unlearned, and the poor was English heard.
English Literature for Boys and Girls
12
The crowd as he passed along made lowly prostration before the Image.
Aesop's Fables: A New Revised Version From Original Sources
13
Surely this proud automaton of Hapsburg was growing lowly in his tastes.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
14
Latest - Eels book NRL finals spot with win over lowly Titans.
Radio NZ
15
Custer, however, was disposed to regard the lowly steed in some disdain.
Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of William F. Cody ["Bu...
16
He embraceth naturally ancient custom, conversing in open fields and lowly cottages.
Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
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