lowly in WordNet English dictionary

1. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
   "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
   base  baseborn  humble  lowly 
   
2. low or inferior in station or quality
   "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
   humble  low  lowly  modest  small 
   
3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
   humble  menial  lowly 
   
4. inferior in rank or status
   "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
   junior-grade  lower-ranking  lowly  petty  secondary  subaltern