lowness
noun
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noun
Etymology: From Middle English lownesse; equivalent to low + -ness.
- 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.”
- Something that is low or vulgar.
“lownesses of expression”