Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
(baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.
Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
(phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
(card game) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
“Don Francisco Guerrero finally dropped his engraved sword so he could clutch the thick, bloody wood with both hands as his eyes glazed over, staring sightless at the lowering sky.”
“A lowering expression of hatred replaced the scorn that had hitherto distorted her passionate features.”
“Some ridges again are quite bare, as that lowish one between Mounts Jacka and Muhassoo.”
“Since no eyes are desired in the cheeses, they are ripened in a moist cellar at a lowish temperature.”
“So there are potentially dangers of treating men with slightly lowish testosterone levels with testosterone because you can actually cause damage by doing that.”
“While the oil-rich sheikhs and Saudi princes are treated like, well, royalty, what are those lowlier types in business and economy class eating?”
“So investors have turned, in part, to corporate debt, and increasingly to lowlier rated bonds that provide the best returns.”
“Onochie's injury put a dampener on a good result for the Terrors, who kept their first clean sheet of the season with a 3-0 win over their lowlier opponents.”
