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    LOWLINESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimationplay

    Synonyms:

    low status; lowliness; lowness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("lowliness" is a kind of...):

    position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lowliness"):

    inferiority; lower rank; lower status (the state of being inferior)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The state of being humble and unimportantplay

    Synonyms:

    humbleness; lowliness; obscureness; unimportance

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("lowliness" is a kind of...):

    obscurity (an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known)

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