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LOWLINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
Synonyms:
low status; lowliness; lowness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being humble and unimportant
Synonyms:
humbleness; lowliness; obscureness; unimportance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("lowliness" is a kind of...):
obscurity (an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known)
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