low
/ˈloʊ/ adjectif A2En français : déprimé, grave, bas, calme
- Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty. · standing on low ground· in a low valley, ringed by low hills
- 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. · the low countries· Low German
- Below the batter's knees. · the pitch (or: the ball) was low
- Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured. · a low bow· a low tide
- Low-cut.
- Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.) · low birth· low rank
- Humble, meek, not haughty.
- Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence. · She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs.
Comparatif lower · Superlatif lowest
Dans la bibliothèque
Off to the left were the big barns and beyond them, away down over green, low-sloping fields, was a sparkling blue glimpse of sea.
Then added in a low whisper, “You understand that, on account of your uncle, M.
Marseilles is filled with half-pay officers, who are daily, under one frivolous pretext or other, getting up quarrels with the royalists; from hence arise continual and fatal duels among the higher classes of persons, and assassinations in the lower.”
He called to her and earnestly begged her to come lower down, lest she fall by some mishap; and he added that the meadows lay where he was standing, and that the herbage was most tender.
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