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Definition of Low-lying
1. Adjective. Having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level. "Low-lying clouds"
2. Adjective. Lying below the normal level. "A low-lying desert"
Definition of Low-lying
1. Adjective. Referring to places that are lower than nearby areas. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Low-lying
Literary usage of Low-lying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"The soil, although less fertile than the swamps of Eastern Bengal, returns, in
low-lying grounds, two crops a year; and the bracing atmosphere makes ample ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"Wild ducks, pigeons, geese, snipe, partridge, and quail are found in the low-lying
lands. The pangolin or scaly ant-eater is one of the curiosities of the ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"low-lying flat ground, properly on the border of a river, and such as is sometimes
overflowed, ... Of or belonging to low- lying ground, Roxb. ..."
4. Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa: With by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming (1851)
"Mr. Orpen and myself in a helpless Condition—We leave the low-lying ... It was
of no use, therefore, to remain longer in the low-lying district about the ..."
5. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"In planting on low-lying parts of the country—namely, those under 500 feet in
... Next after fencing an enclosure for planting on a low-lying part of the ..."
6. The History of Herodotus by Herodotus, George Campbell Macaulay (1904)
"... where the nomads dwell, is low-lying and sandy up to the river Triton, that
which s succeeds it towards the West, the country of those who till the soil ..."
7. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"(D (2) (3) (4) In the current communication we wish to demonstrate that the
methylated acetophenones with a low- lying [ir,ir*Y state are less reactive than ..."
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