Lowly vs. Humble — What's the Difference?

Having or suited for a low rank or position.

Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful.

Humble or meek in manner.

Showing deferential or submissive respect

Plain or prosaic in nature.

Low in rank, quality, or station; unpretentious or lowly

In a low manner, condition, or position.

To cause to feel humble

In a meek or humble manner.

To cause to have a lower condition or status; abase.

Low in sound.

Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.

Not high; not elevated in place; low.

Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

Low in rank or social importance.

(ambitransitive) To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of

Not lofty or sublime; humble.

To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.

Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.

To hum.

In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

(transitive) hummel.

In a low condition; meanly.

An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.

At low pitch or volume.

Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

Not high; not elevated in place; low.

Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest.

Low in rank or social importance.

Hornless. See Hummel.

Not lofty or sublime; humble.

To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.

Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.

To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; - often used rexlexively.

In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

Cause to be unpretentious;

In a low condition; meanly.

Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;

Low or inferior in station or quality;

Low or inferior in station or quality;

Inferior in rank or status;

Marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful;

Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);

Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);