Hyphenation of lowly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word lowly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

low-ly

Definitions of lowly:

1.	Low or inferior in station or quality A humble cottage A lowly parish priest A modest man of the people Small beginnings
2.	Inferior in rank or status The junior faculty A lowly corporal Petty officialdom A subordinate functionary
3.	Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
4.	Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) Baseborn wretches with dirty faces Of humble (or lowly) birth

Synonyms of lowly:

adj	humble, low, modest, small, inferior
adj	junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate, junior
adj	humble, menial, unskilled
adj	base, baseborn, humble, lowborn

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.