Lower-case

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of lowercase. alt-of, alternative

    "Yet, as every rule has its exception, I have construed this dictum somewhat liberally and have as yet never failed to employ as big an A as I could command when the word American was used as an adjective, even while I lower-cased english, mexican and foreign nations generally."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of lowercase. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

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abecedarianalphabeticalphabeticalbold facedcapitalgraphemic

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"The letter "n" is a lower-case character."

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