lowly

adjective

1. 1

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

   baseborn wretches with dirty faces

   of humble (or lowly) birth

2. 2

   inferior in rank or status

   the junior faculty

   a lowly corporal

3. 3

   used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

4. 4

   low or inferior in station or quality

   a humble cottage

   a lowly parish priest