LOWLY

a. adv.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Not high; not elevated in place; low. "Lowly lands." Dryden.

2.
a.

Low in rank or social importance. One common right the great and lowly claims. Pope.

3.
a.

Not lofty or sublime; humble. These rural poems, and their lowly strain. Dryden.

4.
a.

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. Matt. xi. 29.

5.
adv.

In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. "Be lowly wise." Milton.

6.
adv.

In a low condition; meanly. I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught. Shak.

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