lowly

Adjective

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
  • baseborn wretches with dirty faces
    
  • of humble (or lowly) birth
    

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• inferior in rank or status
  • the junior faculty
    
  • a lowly corporal
    
  • petty officialdom
    
  • a subordinate functionary
    

• low or inferior in station or quality
  • a humble cottage
    
  • a lowly parish priest
    
  • a modest man of the people
    
  • small beginnings
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  base , baseborn , humble , menial , junior-grade , lower-ranking , petty(a) , secondary , subaltern , low , modest , small