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Examples of lowly in a Sentence
lowly bowing before his king, he accepted his knighthood
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Cleveland was ahead by 16 at the half, but coach Tyronn Lue didn't come out for the third quarter because of his ongoing health issues, and the lowly Magic ended up routing the Cavs by 18.
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The action is set in the cutthroat atmosphere of a tech start-up, where the staff is separated into the Pigs (the elite ranks of programmers) and the Chickens (the lowly less-thans).
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But the StormFax Almanac reports that Phil has been right a lowly 39 percent of the time.
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Cons: As lowly as the Lions have been for most of the past 60 years, the expectation is to win now.
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And her husband Scott reported that his score went from a lowly 476 all the way up to 751.
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The Tacoma’s minimum payload of 1120 pounds is surprisingly less than its rivals, other than the Nissan Frontier’s lowly 880-pound minimum.
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Nothing is loathed more than the nametags or identification badges that advertise the lowly ranking of contractors in the workplace pecking order.
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First Known Use of lowly
14th century
lowly Synonyms
Synonyms
abjectly, deferentially, hat in hand, humbly, meanly, meekly, modestly, sheepishly, submissively;
Antonyms
arrogantly, audaciously, boldly, brashly, brazenly, contemptuously, haughtily, huffily, imperiously, loftily, pompously, presumptuously, pretentiously, pridefully, proudly, scornfully;
Near Antonyms
discourteously, disdainfully, disrespectfully, impertinently, rashly, recklessly, saucily;
Related Words
obsequiously, servilely, subserviently;
bashfully, diffidently, self-deprecatingly, shyly, timorously;
Phrases
cap in hand;
Definition of lowly
lowliness
nounExamples of lowly in a Sentence
He was working as a lowly clerk.
He resented his lowly status.
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That has sent a small group of pioneers on a race to reopen European mines where the conditions that gave rise to such lowly metals as tin have left lithium-rich rocks and hot brines.
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Which is precisely why my PI trained me, a lowly undergrad, to do it—just as, decades earlier, someone had trained him.
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Beat the lowly Reds (2-8) for a second straight night and the Phillies were through their first 10-game stretch in a decent place.
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Novogratz started his career at Goldman Sachs as a lowly money-market salesman.
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In the winter of 2016-2017, not one CWG reader correctly called for the lowly 3.4 inches that fell.
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What transpired Monday night was an ugly game for three quarters followed by the Bucks kicking into gear and dominating the lowly Orlando Magic on the way to a 102-86 victory.
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Smart-girl Greer Kadetsky got into Yale, but has been relegated to a lowly state school when her pothead parents neglect to return a crucial financial aid form.
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The Jaguars finished off a sweep of lowly Appalachian State on Saturday, winning 2-0 in the first game and 5-0 in the series finale.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lowly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of lowly
14th century
lowly Synonyms
Synonyms
demure, down-to-earth, humble, meek, modest, unassuming, unpretentious;
Antonyms
arrogant, bumptious, conceited, egotistic (or egotistical), haughty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, hoity-toity, huffy, imperious, lordly, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, supercilious, superior, uppity;
Near Antonyms
aggressive, assertive, audacious, bold, brash, brassy, cheeky, forward, impertinent, impudent, saucy;
cocksure, cocky, confident, hubristic, overconfident, self-confident;
egocentric, egoistic (also egoistical), narcissistic, prideful, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-congratulatory, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up, swelled-headed;
boastful, bombastic, braggy, swaggering, vain, vainglorious;
condescending, disdainful, dominant, dominating, domineering, magisterial, overbearing, patronizing, pontificating;
flamboyant, ostentatious, showy;
extroverted (also extraverted), immodest, outgoing, uninhibited, unreserved;
Related Words
acquiescent, compliant, deferential, resigned, submissive, unaggressive, unassertive, yielding;
cowering, cringing, shrinking;
ingenuous, naive (or naïve), plain, simple, unaffected;
bashful, diffident, introverted, mousy (or mousey), overmodest, passive, quiet, reserved, retiring, sheepish, shy, subdued, timid, unobtrusive;
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: low in rank, position, or importance
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