lowly vs routine

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. 

routine

adj
  • Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others. 

  • According to established procedure. 

  • Regular; habitual. 

noun
  • A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. 

  • A set piece of an entertainer's act. 

  • A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically. 

  • A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine. 

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