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lowliness (encz) | lowliness, |
Lowliness (gcide) | Lowliness \Low"li*ness\, n. [From Lowly.]
1. The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness
of mind.
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Walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness. --Eph.
iv. 1, 2.
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2. Low condition, especially as to manner of life.
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The lowliness of my fortune has not brought me to
flatter vice. --Dryden.
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lowliness (wn) | lowliness
n 1: the state of being humble and unimportant [syn:
humbleness, unimportance, obscureness, lowliness]
2: a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or
fortune or estimation [syn: low status, lowness,
lowliness] [ant: high status] |
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Lowliness (gcide) | Lowliness \Low"li*ness\, n. [From Lowly.]
1. The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness
of mind.
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Walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness. --Eph.
iv. 1, 2.
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2. Low condition, especially as to manner of life.
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The lowliness of my fortune has not brought me to
flatter vice. --Dryden.
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