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Definition of Lowlily
1. adv. In a lowly place or manner; humbly.
Definition of Lowlily
1. Adverb. In a lowly way. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lowlily
1. lowly [adv] - See also: lowly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lowlily
Literary usage of Lowlily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1846)
"Because, lady, I wish to prove poor Bourbon is not held so lowlily in others"
hearts, ... Not held so lowlily ? He is, he is ! What said brave Bayard, ..."
2. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"But his humility was not that of thinking more lowlily of himself than of others ;
it was simply that of thinking so lowlily of others ..."
3. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Newly Collected and Edited, with a Memoir by Edgar Allan Poe, Edmund Clarence Stedman, George Edward Woodberry (1895)
"... the absolute equality between the two last syllables of the respective words "
lowlily " and " holily; " seventhly, the proximate equality between the ..."
4. Johnsoniana; Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr by John Wilson Croker, James Boswell (1842)
"But his humility was not that of thinking more lowlily of himself than of others;
it was simply that of thinking so lowlily of others, as to hold his own ..."
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