Definition of "lowly"

And I watched you waltz from tree to treeAs I slunk in my lowly lair

1918, C. J. Dennis, The Chase of Ages‎

And those whom Tiber's holy forests hide,Or Circe's hills from the main land divide;Where Ufens glides along the lowly lands,Or the black water of Pomptina stands.

1697, John Dryden, translating Virgil, Aeneid‎

One common right the great and lowly claims.

1725, Alexander Pope, translating Homer, Odyssey‎

Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise.Which at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.

2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes

For all who read, and reading, not disdain / These rural poems, and their lowly strain

1697, John Dryden, Pastoral VI‎

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.

1769, Bible (King James Version), Matthew xi. 29