单词 | lowliness |
释义 | lowliness (once / 12481 pages) n WORD FAMILY lowly: lowlier, lowliest, lowlily, lowliness USAGE EXAMPLESThey made her aware of her own lowliness, her plain looks, her lack of aspirations, her ignorance of so many things. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) “The word mean has more than one definition, Miss Gilly. Here the poet is talking about humility, lowliness, not”—he laughed softly—“not bad nature.” Katherine Paterson, The Great Gilly Hopkins(1978) All of the synonyms that go with modesty, such as “meekness” and “lowliness,” reinforce this definition. Time(Jul 10, 2014) 1n the state of being humble and unimportant Syn|Hyper humbleness, obscureness, unimportance obscurity an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known 2n a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper low status, lowness high status a position of superior status inferiority, lower rank, lower status the state of being inferior backseata secondary or inferior position or status shadea position of relative inferiority subordinateness, subsidiaritysecondary importance position, status the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society |
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