What does "lowly" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.Not lofty or sublime; humble. These rural poems, and their lowly strain. Dryden.
  2. 3.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.
  3. 4.1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. "Be lowly wise." Milton.
  4. 5.In a low condition; meanly. I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught. Shak.

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