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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈləʊli/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈloʊli/
• 韻: -əʊli

形容詞

lowly (comparative lowlier, superlative lowliest)

1. Not high; not elevated in place; low.

   Synonyms: nether, nonhigh, unhigh

   • 1697, John Dryden, translating Virgil, Aeneid‎:

     And those whom Tiber's holy forests hide,
     Or Circe's hills from the main land divide;
     Where Ufens glides along the lowly lands,
     Or the black water of Pomptina stands.

   • 1918, C. J. Dennis, The Chase of Ages‎:

     And I watched you waltz from tree to tree
     As I slunk in my lowly lair

2. Low in rank or social importance.

   Synonyms: common, ignoble, plebeian

   • 1725, Alexander Pope, translating Homer, Odyssey‎:

     One common right the great and lowly claims.

3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
   • 2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes:

     Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise.
     Which at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.

   • 1697, John Dryden, Pastoral VI‎:

     For all who read, and reading, not disdain / These rural poems, and their lowly strain

4. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.

   Synonyms: demure, modest, unpretentious; see also Thesaurus:humble

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew xi:29:

     Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.

派生語

副詞

lowly (comparative more lowly, superlative most lowly)

1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
   • 1963, Curtis Mayfield, “Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um”, performed by Major Lance:

     Walking through the park, it wasn't quite dark / There was a man sitting on a bench / Out of the crowd as his head lowly bowed

2. In a low condition; meanly.
3. At low pitch or volume.
   • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:

     These words were lowly and sweetly murmured in the same way with the word mother, being changefully varied in their modulations, […]

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