lowliness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being humble and unimportant
    obscureness; humbleness; unimportance.
  2. noun a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
    low status; lowness.

WordNet


Low"li*ness noun
Etymology
From Lowly.
Definitions
  1. The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind.
    Walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness. Eph. iv. 1, 2.
  2. Low condition, especially as to manner of life.
    The lowliness of my fortune has not brought me to flatter vice. Dryden.

Webster 1913