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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

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's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: adverb (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.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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