Lowly and Rare

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Lowly adjective - Belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank.

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Rare and lowly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rare" instead an adjective "Lowly".

Nearby Word: lowliness

Rare adjective - Being out of the ordinary.

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Lowly and rare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lowly" instead an adjective "Rare".

Nearby Words: rarity, rarely, rareness

This means that it's quite possible, though extremely rare, for "David and Goliath" events to occur, where, say, a lowly militiaman with a sling kills a dragon with a single hit.

Source: Video Game / Dominions
This is rare, but possible: the demon lord Orcus began his career as a lowly dretch, and he's now the second or third (depends who you ask) most powerful being in the Abyss.

Source: Demon of Human Origin
Acquiring them in-game was very prohibitive as even the lowly bronze sigil was considered a rare drop and the drop rates only got lower as you went.

Source: Scrappy Mechanic / MMORPG

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