Lowly
Lowly adjective - Belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank.
Nearby Word: lowliness
Proud
Proud adjective - Having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself.
Usage example: the unemployed woman was too proud to take a job as a maid
Nearby Word: proudly
Both words in one sentence
- Synopsis: Gendo Ikari the lowly office drone, one-time heir to the illustrious Rukubungi Sushi Empire, is a proud and penniless husband and father.
- In the Chivalric Romance Robert of Cisyle, the king makes the boast that when God humbles the proud and exalts the lowly, it doesn't mean him.
Source: Fallen Princess
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