lowly (adj.)
humble, modest, submissive
2H6 III.i.127[Gloucester to York] I should melt at an offender's tears, / And lowly words were ransom for their fault
E3 V.i.77[Copland to King Edward, of his behaviour] Copland ... / Is come to France, and with a lowly mind / Doth vail the bonnet of his victory
TN III.i.96[Olivia to Viola as Cesario] 'Twas never merry world / Since lowly feigning was called compliment
TS induction.1.112[Lord to Servingman, of Page behaving as a woman to Sly] With soft low tongue and lowly courtesy
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