Definition of Lowly

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Definition of Lowly

Lowly

Not high; not elevated in place; low.

Low in rank or social importance.

Not lofty or sublime; humble.

Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.

In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

In a low condition; meanly.

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Lowly Quotations

We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
Charles Darwin

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
Ambrose Bierce

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
William Wordsworth

Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.
Maimonides

Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.
Kenneth Grahame

Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our evolution, and gives us the best advantage for the development of ourselves.
Edward Bach

Welcome, wild harbinger of spring! To this small nook of earth; Feeling and fancy fondly cling, Round thoughts which owe their birth, To thee, and to the humble spot, Where chance has fixed thy lowly lot.
Bernard Barton

Were I as base as is the lowly plain, And you, my Love, as high as heaven above, Yet should the thoughts of me, your humble swain,.
Joshua Sylvester

No man made great by death offers more hope to lowly pride than does Abraham Lincoln; for while living he was himself so simple as often to be dubbed a fool.
Thomas V. Smith

Lowly Translations

lowly in German is unten, niedrig
lowly in Italian is inferiore
lowly in Latin is humilis
lowly in Spanish is humilde

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