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Definition of In low spirits
1. Adverb. In a dejected manner. "When she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen"
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Low Spirits
Literary usage of In low spirits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The French Ji rait donee- tai'iit means precisely the same thing: " I go softly,"
because I am indisposed, out of sorts, or in low spirits. Softy. ..."
2. Letters and Correspondence of John Henry Newman During His Life in the by John Henry Newman (1891)
"you were in low spirits. Come down and pay me your promised visit. Country air,
novelty, superb scenery, and relaxation from intense and overwhelming study ..."
3. Life of John, Lord Campbell, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain by John Campbell Campbell, Hardcastle (Mary Scarlett Campbell) (1881)
"... Answers Cases for Marryat—Second Circuit—Sessions at Guildford —in low spirits
at the end of his First Year at the l!ar—Agreement with ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"... cast down, disheartened, downhearted, desponding, despondent, blue, crestfallen,
low-spirited, in low spirits. Chaplet, я. Garland, wreath, coronal. ..."
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