Thesaurus / lowly
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Even in the state of half-sleep—psychologists call it hypnagogia—our minds are sufficiently loose to descend from those lowly hills.
WHY IT PAYS TO PLAY AROUND - ISSUE 94: EVOLVINGANDREAS WAGNERDECEMBER 16, 2020NAUTILUSAs a lowly employee, your ability to correct his behavior is limited.
MISS MANNERS: EXEC’S DISGUSTING HABIT NEEDS TO MOVE OFF-SCREENJUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINDECEMBER 2, 2020WASHINGTON POSTBecause of their tie in Week 3 against the Cincinnati Bengals, the Eagles could do the Cowboys one better — winning the division with a lowly 4-11-1 record.
THE NFC EAST IS HISTORICALLY BAD. HOW MUCH WORSE CAN IT GET?NEIL PAINE (NEIL.PAINE@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)OCTOBER 15, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTEven as he argued that man ought to be humbled by his connection to the lemur, he placed man at the summit, the lemur on the lowly plain.
THE HUMAN ERROR DARWIN INSPIRED - ISSUE 90: SOMETHING GREENAARON HIRSHSEPTEMBER 30, 2020NAUTILUSThe Laker players file onto the chartered team bus to make their way back to the facility for a brief practice run before the night’s matchup against the lowly Cavaliers.
KOBE BRYANT PUNCHED A TEAMMATE OVER $100, AND IT WASN’T SHAQJEFF PEARLMANSEPTEMBER 25, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTTake my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYShe was delighted with these indications of gratitude and sensibility on the part of the unenlightened and lowly peasantry.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTA deep sigh—the first of unfeigned regret for her lowly station—perhaps of envy—broke from the lips of the wondering girl.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIEThey were, for the chief part, of lowly condition, but occasionally one or two of better rank.
MY TEN YEARS' IMPRISONMENTSILVIO PELLICOIn striking contrast to all this magnificence was the lowly home to which James Starbuck brought his happy bride.
LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE OF POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCEVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO LOWLY
- base
- beggarly
- common
- contemptible
- down-at-heel
- déclassé
- hack
- humble
- ignoble
- ineffectual
- inferior
- insignificant
- knavish
- limited
- low
- lowborn
- lowly
- mediocre
- menial
- miserable
- modest
- obscure
- ordinary
- paltry
- petty
- pitiful
- plebeian
- proletarian
- run down
- scruffy
- second-class
- second-rate
- seedy
- servile
- shabby
- sordid
- squalid
- tawdry
- undistinguished
- unwashed
- vulgar
- wretched
- base
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- contemptible
- down-at-heel
- déclassé
- hack
- humble
- ignoble
- ineffectual
- inferior
- insignificant
- limited
- low
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- mediocre
- menial
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- modest
- narrow
- obscure
- ordinary
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- plebeian
- proletarian
- run-down
- scruffy
- second-class
- second-rate
- seedy
- servile
- shabby
- sordid
- squalid
- tawdry
- undistinguished
- unwashed
- vulgar
- wretched
- Milquetoast
- acquiescent
- deferential
- docile
- forbearing
- gentle
- humble
- lenient
- long-suffering
- longanimous
- lowly
- manageable
- mild
- modest
- nothing
- orderly
- pabulum
- passive
- patient
- peaceful
- plain
- resigned
- serene
- soft
- spineless
- spiritless
- subdued
- submissive
- tame
- timid
- tolerant
- unassuming
- unpretentious
- unresisting
- weak
- weak-kneed
- wishy-washy
- yielding
- zero
- bashful
- blushing
- chaste
- coy
- demure
- diffident
- discreet
- humble
- lowly
- meek
- moderate
- nice
- proper
- prudent
- quiet
- reserved
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- reticent
- retiring
- seemly
- self-conscious
- self-effacing
- sheepish
- silent
- simple
- temperate
- timid
- unassertive
- unassuming
- unassured
- unboastful
- unobtrusive
- unpresuming
- unpretending
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- withdrawing
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- blushing
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- demure
- diffident
- discreet
- humble
- lowly
- meek
- moderate
- nice
- proper
- prudent
- quiet
- reserved
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- reticent
- retiring
- seemly
- self-conscious
- self-effacing
- sheepish
- silent
- simple
- temperate
- timid
- unassertive
- unassuming
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- unboastful
- unobtrusive
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- unpretending
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- withdrawing
- abstruse
- arcane
- blind
- cabalistic
- close
- covered
- cryptic
- dark
- deep
- devious
- distant
- enigmatic
- esoteric
- far
- far-off
- hidden
- humble
- inaccessible
- inconspicuous
- inglorious
- invisible
- irrelevant
- lonesome
- lowly
- minor
- mysterious
- nameless
- odd
- oracular
- orphic
- rare
- recondite
- remote
- removed
- reticent
- retired
- secluded
- secret
- secretive
- seldom seen
- sequestered
- solitary
- undisclosed
- undistinguished
- unheard-of
- unhonored
- unimportant
- unknown
- unnoted
- unseen
- unsung
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