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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)

  1. 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.
  2. (countable) Something that is low or vulgar.
    lownesses of expression