Lowery

//ˈlaʊəɹi// adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Dark and gloomy; threatening; lowering.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

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"The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is showing an exhibition of African American art from the same period. Studio Museum Director Lowery Sims, who was at the Met for 30 years before coming to the Studio, says the two exhibitions are co-incidental, but understandable."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From lower (“to frown”) + -y.

Etymology 2

Northern English and Irish surname, variant of Lowry.

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