a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation

[ Syn: low status , lowliness ]

a feeling of low spirits; he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits

[ Syn: downheartedness , dejectedness , low-spiritedness , dispiritedness ]

the quality of being low; lacking height; he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling'

a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.); he took advantage of the lowness of interest rates'