different between hesitating vs lowly

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?z?te?t??/

Alternative forms

• hæsitating (archaic)

Verb

hesitating

1. present participle of hesitate

Noun

hesitating (plural hesitatings)

1. hesitation
   • 1836, Charles Dickens, The mistaken milliner. A tale of ambition

     Miss Martin, after sundry hesitatings and coughings, with a preparatory choke or two, […] commenced a species of treble chirruping […]

Anagrams

• athetising, eating shit

English

Etymology

From low +? -ly; compare Middle English lowly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??li/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lo?li/
• Rhymes: -??li

Adjective

lowly (comparative lowlier, superlative lowliest)

1. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
2. Low in rank or social importance.
3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
   • 2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes

     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.
4. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
   • 1769, Bible (King James Version), Matthew xi. 29

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

Derived terms

• lowliness

Translations

Adverb

lowly (comparative more lowly, superlative most lowly)

1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
2. In a low condition; meanly.
3. At low pitch or volume.

   He muttered lowly.

Translations

Anagrams

• wolly

Middle English

Adverb

lowly

1. in a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly

   • And there was none of these other knyghtes but they redde in bookes and holpe for to synge Masse, and range bellys, and dyd lowly al maner of servyce.