Low"ly (?), a. [Compar. Lowlier (?); superl. Lowliest.] [Low, a. + -ly.]
1.
Not high; not elevated in place; low.
"
Lowly lands."
Dryden.
2.
Low in rank or social importance.
One common right the great and lowly claims.
Pope.
3.
Not lofty or sublime; humble.
These rural poems, and their lowly strain.
Dryden.
4.
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.
© Webster 1913.
Low"ly, adv.
1.
In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
"Be
lowly wise."
Milton.
2.
In a low condition; meanly.
I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught.
Shak.
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