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Lowly vs Lonely - What's the difference?

lowly | lonely |

As adjectives the difference between lowly and lonely

is that lowly is not high; not elevated in place; low while lonely is unhappy because of feelings of loneliness.

As an adverb lowly

is in a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

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.
  • lonely

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Unhappy because of feelings of loneliness.
  • *
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
  • unfrequented by people; desolate.
  • without companions; solitary.
  • Synonyms

    * (dejected) lonesome * (unfrequented by people) desolate, desert, empty, unpeopled, unpopulated * (without companions) solitary, alone, unaccompanied