"lowly" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1918, C. J. Dennis, The Chase of Ages",
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          "_dis1": "81 3 14 3",
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          "word": "matala"
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          "_dis1": "30 61 1 9",
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          "word": "alhainen"
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          "sense": "low in social importance",
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          "_dis1": "30 61 1 9",
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          "sense": "low in social importance",
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          "ref": "2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes",
          "text": "Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise.\nWhich at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.",
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          "ref": "1697, John Dryden, Pastoral VI",
          "text": "For all who read, and reading, not disdain / These rural poems, and their lowly strain",
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          "_dis1": "9 0 79 12",
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          "roman": "skromen",
          "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
          "word": "скромен"
        },
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          "_dis1": "9 0 79 12",
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          "word": "vaatimaton"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
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          "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
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          "_dis1": "9 0 79 12",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 0 79 12",
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          "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
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          "ref": "1769, Bible (King James Version), Matthew xi. 29",
          "text": "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart."
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          "word": "vaatimaton"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having a low esteem of one's own worth",
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          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
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          "sense": "humbly; meekly; modestly",
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          "text": "He muttered lowly."
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        "Low in rank or social importance."
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        {
          "ref": "1697, John Dryden, Pastoral VI",
          "text": "For all who read, and reading, not disdain / These rural poems, and their lowly strain",
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        "Not lofty or sublime; humble."
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          "text": "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart."
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        "Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride."
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "not high, notelevated in place",
      "word": "matala"
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      "sense": "not high, notelevated in place",
      "word": "niedrig"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "low in social importance",
      "word": "alhainen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "low in social importance",
      "word": "niedrig"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "low in social importance",
      "word": "einfach"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skromen",
      "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
      "word": "скромен"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
      "word": "vaatimaton"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
      "word": "humble"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
      "word": "bescheiden"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
      "word": "uiríseal"
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      "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
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      "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
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      "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
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      "word": "blygsam"
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      "sense": "not lofty or sublime; humble",
      "word": "anspråkslös"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having a low esteem of one's own worth",
      "word": "vaatimaton"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a low esteem of one's own worth",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "humbly; meekly; modestly",
      "word": "скромно"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "humbly; meekly; modestly",
      "word": "vaatimattomasti"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "humbly; meekly; modestly",
      "word": "demütig"
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  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English adverbs",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lowly"
}