lowly vs middlebrow

lowly

adj
  • Not high; not elevated in place; low. 

  • Low in rank or social importance. 

  • Not lofty or sublime; humble. 

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

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

  • In a low condition; meanly. 

  • At low pitch or volume. 

middlebrow

adj
  • Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between. 

noun
  • A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between. 

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