lowly vs roughspun

lowly

adj
  • Not lofty or sublime; humble. 

  • Low in rank or social importance. 

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

  • 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. 

roughspun

adj
  • Unpolished, rough and ready, uncultured, unsophisticated. 

  • Woven from a coarsely spun yarn, (usually also from a coarse material). 

noun
  • A garment made from roughly spun yarn or made from a coarse material. 

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