Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LOW, adv.

1. Not aloft; not on high; often in composition; as, low-brow'd rocks. – Milton. Pope.
2. Under the usual price; at a moderate price. He sold his wheat low.
3. Near the ground; as, the bird flies very low.
4. In a mean condition; in composition; a low-born fellow; a low-born lass. – Shak.
5. In time approaching our own. In the part of the world which was first inhabited, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds. – Locke.
6. With a depressed voice; not loudly; as, speak low.
7. In a state of subjection, poverty or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want or by vice.