1. A position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
   - low status, lowliness 
2. A feeling of low spirits
   "he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits"
   - downheartedness, dejectedness, low-spiritedness, dispiritedness 
3. The quality of being low; lacking height
   "he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling" 
4. A low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.)
   "he took advantage of the lowness of interest rates"

Derived forms: lownesses

See also: low

Type of: degree, grade, height, level, position, sadness, status, tallness, unhappiness

Antonym: highness

Encyclopedia: Lowness

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• half volley
• half-and-half
• half-and-half dressing
• half-arsed
• half-assed
• half-baked
• half-blooded
• half-bound
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• half-caste
• half-century
• half-clothed
• half-cock
• half-crazed
• half-dozen
• half-evergreen
• half-free morel
• half-hardy