Lowly Definition

serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" of low birth or station

of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces

low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people

of or characteristic of low rank or importance of low or inferior quality written or printed below and to one side of

younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service used of the third or next to final year in United States

in a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low" less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor"

the lower of two berths move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf" set lower

used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) a domestic servant

marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment