单词 | lowish-lying |
释义 | > as lemmaslowish-lying In parasynthetic and other adjectives, as lowish-backed, lowish-lying, lowish-quality, etc., derived from similar adjectives with low (see low adj. and n.2 Compounds 1, Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1689Lowish back'd [see main sense]. 1855 Cottage Gardener 17 Apr. 45/1 Recommended..for lowish-roofed houses. c1890 My Secret Life II. 302 There was a lowish-backed easy-chair which I usually sat in by the breakfast-table. 1911 Ibis 5 103 The nest is built on the ground in lowish-lying situations and in the denser vegetation. 1982 A. Weale Wedding of Year iv. 97 She nodded, lifting her skirt to show him a black-stockinged ankle and a lowish-heeled black patent lace-up. 1991 O. Clarke Webster's Wine Guide 1992 214/2 Fruity, sweetish, swigging wine, from the heavy-cropping lowish-quality grape of the same name in the irrigated vineyards along the Murray River. < as lemmas |
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