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LOWLINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lowliness mean?
• LOWLINESS (noun)
The noun LOWLINESS has 2 senses:
1. the state of being humble and unimportant
2. a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
Familiarity information: LOWLINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being humble and unimportant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
humbleness; lowliness; obscureness; unimportance
Hypernyms ("lowliness" is a kind of...):
obscurity (an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
low status; lowliness; lowness
Hypernyms ("lowliness" is a kind of...):
position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lowliness"):
inferiority; lower rank; lower status (the state of being inferior)
Context examples
He was not flattered by it; he even felt a slight shame at his lowliness that permitted it.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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