adj
Meaning 1
Not high; not elevated in place; low.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nether, nonhigh, unhigh
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lowly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈləʊli/
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General-American: /ˈloʊli/
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rhymes with -əʊli
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CMU ARPABET: L OW1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Low in rank or social importance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: common, ignoble, plebeian
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Not lofty or sublime; humble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: demure, modest, unpretentious, abased, diffident, humble, humble-hearted, low, lowly, meek, mild, poor, resigned, self-effacing, verecund
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 5
In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 6
In a low condition; meanly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 7
At low pitch or volume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- baseborn wretches with dirty faces
- of humble (or lowly) birth
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: base, baseborn, humble
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
inferior in rank or status
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the junior faculty
- a lowly corporal
- petty officialdom
- a subordinate functionary
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, petty(a), secondary, subaltern
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humble, menial
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
low or inferior in station or quality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a humble cottage
- a lowly parish priest
- a modest man of the people
- small beginnings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humble, low, modest, small
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From low + -ly; compare Middle English lowly.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: matala — not high, notelevated in place
- German: niedrig — not high, notelevated in place
- Finnish: alhainen — low in social importance
- German: niedrig — low in social importance
- German: einfach — low in social importance
- Bulgarian: скромен (skromen) — not lofty or sublime; humble
- Finnish: vaatimaton — not lofty or sublime; humble
- French: humble — not lofty or sublime; humble
- German: bescheiden — not lofty or sublime; humble
- Irish: uiríseal — not lofty or sublime; humble
- Irish: íseal — not lofty or sublime; humble
- Latin: humilis — not lofty or sublime; humble
- Russian: ни́зко (nízko) — not lofty or sublime; humble
- Swedish: ödmjuk — not lofty or sublime; humble
- Swedish: blygsam — not lofty or sublime; humble
- Swedish: anspråkslös — not lofty or sublime; humble
- Finnish: vaatimaton — having a low esteem of one's own worth
- German: demütig — having a low esteem of one's own worth
- Bulgarian: скромно (skromno) — humbly; meekly; modestly
- Finnish: vaatimattomasti — humbly; meekly; modestly
- German: demütig — humbly; meekly; modestly