[syn: downheartedness, dejectedness, low-spiritedness, lowness, dispiritedness]
3. the quality of being low; lacking height;
- Example: "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.);
- Example: "he took advantage of the lowness of interest rates"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lowness \Low"ness\, n.
The state or quality of being low.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lowness
n 1: a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or
fortune or estimation [syn: low status, lowness,
lowliness] [ant: high status]
2: a feeling of low spirits; "he felt responsible for her
lowness of spirits" [syn: downheartedness, dejectedness,
low-spiritedness, lowness, dispiritedness]
3: the quality of being low; lacking height; "he was suddenly
aware of the lowness of the ceiling" [ant: highness,
loftiness]
4: a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or
temperature etc.); "he took advantage of the lowness of
interest rates"