lowness

low +‎ -ness

• Rhymes: -əʊnəs

lowness (countable and uncountable, plural lownesses)

1. The property of being low.
   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4

     Then I was forced to rest; and, sitting down on the ground, saw that the glimmering streak of light had faded, and that the awful blackness of the previous night was creeping up again. And now I had no heart to face it, being cowed with hunger, thirst, and weariness; and so flung myself upon my face, that I might not see how dark it was, and groaned for very lowness of spirit.

2. (countable) Something that is low or vulgar.

   lownesses of expression

• slowens