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lowly

English

  1. 🔊 inferior in rank or status
    “the junior faculty”
  2. 🔊 used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
  3. 🔊 low or inferior in station or quality
    “a humble cottage”
  4. 🔊 of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
    “baseborn wretches with dirty faces”

Similar words

base baseborn humble junior-grade lower-ranking petty(a) secondary subaltern humble menial humble low modest small base baseborn below the salt cockney common commonplace deferential demeaning despised disadvantaged