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Lofty vs Lowly - What's the difference?

lofty | lowly |

As adjectives the difference between lofty and lowly

is that lofty is high, tall, having great height or stature while lowly is not high; not elevated in place; low.

As an adverb lowly is

in a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

lofty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • high, tall, having great height or stature
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1862 , author=George Borrow , title=Wild Wales , chapter=98 citation , passage=On my left was a river, which came roaring down from a range of lofty mountains right before me to the south-east.}}
    a lofty bed
  • idealistic, implying over-optimism
    • a lofty goal
  • * 2013 , Delme Parfitt in Wales Online'', ''Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win (3 November 2013)
    • A goal from Steven Caulker, just after the hour mark, was enough to hand victory to Malky Mackay's men, with Swansea falling some way short of the lofty standards they have set previously at this level.
  • extremely proud; arrogant; haughty
  • * F. Harrison
    • that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers

    Related terms

    * loft * aloft

    lowly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Not high; not elevated in place; low.
  • * Dryden
    • lowly lands
  • Low in rank or social importance.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • One common right the great and lowly claims.
  • Not lofty or sublime; humble.
  • * Dryden
    • these rural poems, and their lowly strain
  • Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
  • * Bible, Matthew xi. 29
    • Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
  • *, Bk.XXI, Ch.x:
  • *:And there was none of these other knyghtes but they redde in bookes and holpe for to synge Masse, and range bellys, and dyd lowly al maner of servyce.
  • In a low condition; meanly.