"lowlier" in the adjective sense
1. humble, low, lowly, modest, small
low or inferior in station or quality
"a humble cottage"
"a lowly parish priest"
"a modest man of the people"
"small beginnings"
2. junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern
inferior in rank or status
"the junior faculty"
"a lowly corporal"
"petty officialdom"
"a subordinate functionary"
3. humble, menial, lowly
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
4. base, baseborn, humble, lowly
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"
"of humble (or lowly) birth"
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