Low″ly (?), a. [Compar.Lowlier (?); superl.Lowliest.] [Low, a. + -ly.] 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.