Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LOW'LI-NESS
LOW'LI-NESS, n. [from lowly.]
- Freedom from pride; humility; humbleness of mind. – Milton. Walk … with all lowliness and meekness. – Eph. iv. Phil. ii.
- Meanness; want of dignity; abject state. [In this sense little used.] – Spenser. Dryden.
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