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Webster 1913 Edition
Lowness
Low′ness
,Noun.
The state or quality of being low.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lowness
LOWNESS
, n.1.
The state of being low or depressed; the state of being less elevated than something else; as the lowness of the ground, or of the water after the ebb-tide.2.
Meanness of condition. Men are not to be despised or oppressed on account of the lowness of their birth or condition.3.
Meanness of mind or character; want of dignity. haughtiness usually springs from lowness of mind; real dignity is distinguished by modesty.4.
Want of sublimity in style or sentiment; the contrary to loftiness.5.
Submissiveness; as the lowness of obedience.6.
Depression of mind; want of courage or fortitude; dejection; as lowness of spirits.7.
Depression in fortune; a state of poverty; as the lowness of circumstances.8.
Depression in strength or intensity; as the lowness of heat or temperature; lowness of zeal.9.
Depression in price or worth; as the lowness of price or value; the lowness of the funds or of the markets.10.
Graveness of sound; as the lowness of notes.11.
Softness of sound; as the lowness of the voice.Definition 2024
lowness
lowness
English
Noun
lowness (countable and uncountable, plural lownesses)
- The property of being low.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- Then I was forced to rest; and, sitting down on the ground, saw that the glimmering streak of light had faded, and that the awful blackness of the previous night was creeping up again. And now I had no heart to face it, being cowed with hunger, thirst, and weariness; and so flung myself upon my face, that I might not see how dark it was, and groaned for very lowness of spirit.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- (countable) Something that is low or vulgar.
- lownesses of expression