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not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness the nuns at the convent regard themselves as lowly servants of the Lord

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lowly

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adverb

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Recent Examples of lowly
Adjective
Last year’s Dodgers only had two starters - Gavin Stone and Tyler Glasnow - exceed the lowly total of 90 innings pitched during the regular season. Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 Among teams actually playing in their own home ballparks, the Twins rank 26th out of 28, selling more tickets than only the lowly White Sox and Marlins. Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Adverb
Never mind Djokovic’s relatively lowly ranking of No. 7; there are at least two opponents, in Sinner and Alcaraz, against whom Djokovic’s best tennis is no longer enough. Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024 In Ratatouille, furry foodie Remy helps lowly garbage boy Alfredo Linguini (Lou Romano) ascend the kitchen ranks of Paris' esteemed restaurant Gusteau's. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for lowly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowly
Adjective
  • Al Bello/Getty Images Outside of the Giants' organization, expectations are low.
    Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • Does the Trump administration really want to sink that low?
    Louis Balsamo, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Raj’s meek voice could faintly be heard against the jarring cacophony of honking horns, street performers, and the chatter of street vendors and passersby.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
  • From small and relatively meek beginnings, proboscideans eventually evolved into herbivorous, elephantine giants with a broad array of different tusk arrangements and shapes.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • These humble movie moments have now become the foundation of a trending dinner party format.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2025
  • The company remains true to the humble ethic of hard work and friendly customer service embodied by the founding family.
    Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Mamdani's opponents will likely continue to attack him for his views on Israel, which have drawn criticism from some Jewish groups, and his relative inexperience as third-term lawmaker with a very modest record of legislative accomplishment.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • One study found modest reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure with cardamom supplementation.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Below that sits the pedestrian CLK 500 and plebeian CLK 350.
    Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Across the lake, on the plebeian side, up the shoreline a mile or so, in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, stand twin 32-story towers dubbed Trump Plaza of the Palm Beaches.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • O’Neal credits the playgrounds of his childhood with giving him instincts on the court and helping instill the resilience to endure what felt like an ignoble start to his career.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
  • The janky but oddly addictive Friday the 13th: The Game goes offline for good at the end of the year — an ignoble but perhaps inevitable fate for an interactive slasher that’s been plagued by problems since its rocky launch in 2017.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Under that clause, only principal officers, appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, or inferior officers under those principal officers, can set such policies.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
  • The court ruled 6-3 in finding that the task force members are inferior officers, whose appointment by the head of Health and Human Services is consistent with the Constitution's Appointments Clause.
    June 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025

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