Hyphenation of lowly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word lowly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

low-ly

Definitions of lowly:

1.
Low or inferior in station or quality
A humble cottage A lowly parish priest A modest man of the people Small beginnings
2.
Inferior in rank or status
The junior faculty A lowly corporal Petty officialdom A subordinate functionary
3.
Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
4.
Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Baseborn wretches with dirty faces Of humble (or lowly) birth

Synonyms of lowly:

adj humble, low, modest, small, inferior
adj junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate, junior
adj humble, menial, unskilled
adj base, baseborn, humble, lowborn

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