lowly
     adj 1: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage";
            "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people";
            "small beginnings" [syn: {humble}, {low}, {modest}, {small}]
     2: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
        corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
        functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {inferior}, {lower}, {lower-ranking},
         {petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subaltern}, {subordinate}]
     3: used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [syn: {humble},
         {menial}]
     4: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
        "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or
        lowly) birth" [syn: {base}, {baseborn}, {humble}]
     [also: {lowliest}, {lowlier}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0