The affection of the lowly is like a wall of sand.
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Lowly
//ˈləʊli//
Synonyms for "lowly" (107 found)
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Strong matches (32)
Related words (53)
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Translations
21 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- скромен adj (not lofty or sublime; humble)
- скромно adv (humbly; meekly; modestly)
Finnish
4 entries- alhainen adj (low in social importance)
- matala adj (not high, notelevated in place)
- vaatimaton adj (not lofty or sublime; humble)
- vaatimaton adj (having a low esteem of one's own worth)
French
1 entries- humble adj (not lofty or sublime; humble)
German
4 entries- bescheiden adj (not lofty or sublime; humble)
- demütig adj (having a low esteem of one's own worth)
- einfach adj (low in social importance)
- niedrig adj (not high, notelevated in place)
Irish
2 entries- uiríseal adj (not lofty or sublime; humble)
- íseal adj (not lofty or sublime; humble)
Latin
1 entries- humilis adj (not lofty or sublime; humble)
Russian
1 entries- ни́зко adj (not lofty or sublime; humble)
Swedish
3 entries- anspråkslös adj (not lofty or sublime; humble)
- blygsam adj (not lofty or sublime; humble)
- ödmjuk adj (not lofty or sublime; humble)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Here I sit, deserted by all the world, I who am a king's daughter, and a false waiting-maid has forced me to take off my own clothes, and has taken my place with my bridegroom, while I have to fulfill the lowly office of goose-girl.
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Him now Saturnia sought, and thus in lowly strain: / "O AEolus, for Jove, of human kind / and Gods the sovran Sire, hath given to thee / to lull the waves and lift them with the wind, / a hateful people, enemies to me, / their ships are steering o'er the Tuscan sea, / bearing their Troy and vanquished gods away / to Italy."
Source: tatoeba (6779350)
"Nor yet proud Ilion nor her towers had stood; / in lowly vales sequestered they abode."
Source: tatoeba (6979475)
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