humble vs lowly

humble

adj
  • Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest. 

  • Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. 

verb
  • To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive. 

  • To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of 

noun
  • An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject. 

lowly

adj
  • Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride. 

  • Low in rank or social importance. 

  • Not lofty or sublime; humble. 

  • Not high; not elevated in place; low. 

adv
  • In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. 

  • In a low condition; meanly. 

  • At low pitch or volume. 

How often have the words humble and lowly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )