lowness

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Definition of lowness

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The property of being low.

“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.”
“My attention was attracted to the next box [booth] by a conversation which was, from its lowness, evidently intended not to be heard.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The property of being low.

“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.”
“My attention was attracted to the next box [booth] by a conversation which was, from its lowness, evidently intended not to be heard.”
(countable)Something that is low or vulgar.

“lownesses of expression”

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

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