Lowlier

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lowly \Low"ly\, a. [Compar. {Lowlier}; superl. {Lowliest}.]
     [Low, a. + -ly.]
     1. Not high; not elevated in place; low. "Lowly lands."
        --Dryden.
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     2. Low in rank or social importance.
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              One common right the great and lowly claims. --Pope.
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     3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
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              These rural poems, and their lowly strain. --Dryden.
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     4. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free
        from pride.
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              Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am
              meek and lowly in heart.              --Matt. xi.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lowly
       adj 1: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage";
              "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people";
              "small beginnings" [syn: {humble}, {low}, {modest}, {small}]
       2: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
          corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
          functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {inferior}, {lower}, {lower-ranking},
           {petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subaltern}, {subordinate}]
       3: used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [syn: {humble},
           {menial}]
       4: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
          "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or
          lowly) birth" [syn: {base}, {baseborn}, {humble}]
       [also: {lowliest}, {lowlier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lowlier
       See {lowly}