lowly

adj

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

   “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.”

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

2. Low in rank or social importance.

   “One common right the great and lowly claims.”

3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.

   “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.”

   “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.

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

adv

1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

   “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.

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