lowness

Roget category 207

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.2. Linear dimensions

#207. Lowness

noun

lowness etc. adj. — debasement, depression, prostration etc. (horizontal) 213 — depression etc. (concave) 252.
molehill — lowlands — basement floor, ground floor — rez de chaussee [Fr.] — cellar — hold, bilge — feet, heels.
low water — low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide.

verb

be low etc. adj. — lie low, lie flat — underlie — crouch, slouch, wallow, grovel — lower etc. (depress) 308.

adjective

low, neap, debased — nether, nether most — flat, level with the ground — lying low etc. v. — crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate etc. (horizontal) 213.

adverb

under — beneath, underneath — below — downwards — adown^†, at the foot of — under foot, under ground — down stairs, below stairs — at a low ebb — below par.

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