|
English to English adjective
| 1 |
Not high; not elevated in place; low. |  | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
| 2 |
low or inferior in station or quality | | Example: a humble cottage
a lowly parish priest
a modest man of the people
small beginnings
source: wordnet30
| 3 |
inferior in rank or status | | Example: the junior faculty
a lowly corporal
petty officialdom
a subordinate functionary
source: wordnet30
| 4 |
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) | | source: wordnet30
| 5 |
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) | | Example: baseborn wretches with dirty faces
of humble (or lowly) birth
source: wordnet30
adverb
| 6 |
In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. | | source: webster1913
|