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lowlying

lowlying is the alternative form of low-lying.

Meaning of low-lying

Adjective

low-lying (comparative lower-lying, superlative lowest-lying)

  1. Lower than nearby areas.
    • Coastal defences were breached at many places from the Humber right round to the outskirts of London, and the inundation of low-lying lands caused damage on a scale unequalled within living memory.1953 May, “British Railways and the January Floods”, in Railway Magazine, page 301
    Antonyms:
    high-lying
  2. Located or situated below or near a sea level.
    • low-lying islands
  3. (idiomatic) Of a person, lying low; concealed; hidden.

Questions about lowlying

What is lowlying the alternative form of?
Lowlying is the alternative form of low-lying.

Words near lowlying in the dictionary

  1. lowlinesses
  2. lowling
  3. lowlings
  4. lowlives
  5. lowly
  6. lowlying
  7. lowman
  8. Lowmans
  9. lowmen
  10. lowminded
  11. lowmindedness

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