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lowly 音标拼音: [l'oli] a. 地位低的,卑下的,谦卑的
ad. 位置低下的,低声地,谦逊地 地位低的,卑下的,谦卑的位置低下的,低声地,谦逊地 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" [ synonym: { humble}, { low}, { lowly}, { modest}, { small}] 2: inferior in rank or status; " the junior faculty"; " a lowly corporal"; " petty officialdom"; " a subordinate functionary" [ synonym: { junior- grade}, { lower- ranking}, { lowly}, { petty( a)}, { secondary}, { subaltern}] 3: used of unskilled work ( especially domestic work) [ synonym: { humble}, { menial}, { lowly}] 4: of low birth or station (` base' is archaic in this sense); " baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; " of humble ( or lowly) birth" [ synonym: { base}, { baseborn}, { humble}, { lowly}] Lowly \ Low" ly\, adv. 1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. " Be lowly wise." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. In a low condition; meanly. [ 1913 Webster] I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Lowly \ Low" ly\, a. [ Compar. { Lowlier}; superl. { Lowliest}.] [ Low, a. - ly.] 1. Not high; not elevated in place; low. " Lowly lands." -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Low in rank or social importance. [ 1913 Webster] One common right the great and lowly claims. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Not lofty or sublime; humble. [ 1913 Webster] These rural poems, and their lowly strain. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Having a low esteem of one' s own worth; humble; meek; free from pride. [ 1913 Webster] Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart. -- Matt. xi. 29. [ 1913 Webster] 87 Moby Thesaurus words for " lowly": base, baseborn, below the salt, cockney, common, commonplace, deferential, demeaning, despised, disadvantaged, disliked, everyday, homely, humble, humble- looking, humble- visaged, humblest, in the shade, inferior, infra dig, inglorious, innocuous, junior, least, less, lesser, low, lowborn, lowbred, lower, lowest, lowliest, mean, meek, minor, misprized, misunderstood, modest, mundane, nonclerical, obeisant, obsequious, ordinary, out of favor, plain, plebeian, poor, retiring, reverential, rude, second rank, second string, secondary, servile, shabby- genteel, simple, small, sub, subaltern, subject, subordinate, subservient, teachable, thankless, third rank, third string, third- estate, unappreciated, unassuming, uncared- for, underprivileged, undistinguished, ungenteel, unimportant, unlamented, unmissed, unmourned, unpopular, unpretentious, unregretted, unsung, unvalued, unwashed, vulgar, withdrawing, workaday, workday
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