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Lowness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being low. countable, uncountable

    "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. 2
    a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.) wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that is low or vulgar. countable

    "lownesses of expression"

  4. 4
    the quality of being low; lacking height wordnet
  5. 5
    a feeling of low spirits wordnet
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  1. 6
    a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English lownesse; equivalent to low + -ness.

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