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lowness

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

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

  1. 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.

  2. Something that is low or vulgar.

    lownesses of expression

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