Emily Dickinson Lexicon

low, adv. [ME lahe, see low, adj.]

1. Near to the ground.
2. Deep; far under the ground.
3. With head down; with the view facing downward.
4. Seemingly closer to the earth; as if nearer to the horizon.
5. Meekly; humbly; modestly; in the appropriate place.
6. Down; [fig.] unhinged; out of place.
7. Quietly; timidly; reverently.
8. Accessibly; downward enough to be in reach of.
9. Very far downward; to a substandard level; [fig.] disgustingly; unacceptably; without worth.
10. In a bass tone; in a voice opposite of high-pitched.
11. Comprehensively downward; extremely far down; great in depth.
12. At the horizon; into shorter days; with moderate temperature; [fig.] at sunset; near the end of the month; [metaphor] like a candle getting shorter as its wax burns.
13. Limply; flatly.