lowly

Meanings

• low or inferior in station or quality
  • "a lowly parish priest"
• inferior in rank or status
  • "a lowly corporal"
• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
  • "of humble (or lowly) birth"

Synonyms

base, baseborn, humble, junior-grade, low, lower-ranking, menial, modest, petty, secondary, small, subaltern