LOWNESS

lowness

(noun) a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.); “he took advantage of the lowness of interest rates”

lowness

(noun) the quality of being low; lacking height; “he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling”

downheartedness, dejectedness, low-spiritedness, lowness, dispiritedness

(noun) a feeling of low spirits; “he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lowness (countable and uncountable, plural lownesses)

The property of being low.

(countable) Something that is low or vulgar.

Anagrams

• slowens

Source: Wiktionary


Low"ness, n.

Definition: The state or quality of being low.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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