Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LOW'NESS, n.

1. The state of being low or depressed; the state of being less elevated than something else; as, the lowness of the ground, or of the water after the ebb-tide.
2. Meanness of condition. Men are not to be despised or oppressed on account of the lowness of their birth or condition.
3. Meanness of mind or character; want of dignity. Haughtiness usually springs from lowness of mind; real dignity is distinguished by modesty.
4. Want of sublimity in style or sentiment; the contrary to loftiness. – Dryden.
5. Submissiveness; as, the lowness of obedience. – Bacon.
6. Depression of mind; want of courage or fortitude; dejection; as, lowness of spirits.
7. Depression in fortune; a state of poverty; as, the lowness of circumstances.
8. Depression in strength or intensity; as, the lowness of heat or temperature; lowness of zeal.
9. Depression in price or worth; as, the lowness of price or value; the lowness of the funds or of the markets.
10. Graveness of sound; as, the lowness of notes.
11. Softness of sound; as, the lowness of the voice.