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			| 1.
								low or inferior in station or quality a lowly parish priest
 2.
								inferior in rank or status
 a lowly corporal
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								used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
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								of low birth or station
 of humble (or lowly) birth
 
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			| 1. Lowly / Comparitive lowlier
 2. Lowly / Superlative
 lowliest
 
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