low-lying
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ɪŋ adjective
1.
lying near sea level or the ground surface. low-lying land.
2.
lying below the usual elevation or altitude.
Origin:
1855–60
1855–60
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| low-lying | |
adjective | |
| 1. | having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level; "low-lying clouds" |
| 2. | lying below the normal level; "a low-lying desert" |
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Low-lying
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
The effects of his panel are expected to be acute for his low-lying island nation.
Many of the missing are presumed to have been washed out to sea from low-lying coastal areas.
As glaciers receded and melted, sea levels rose and inundated low-lying river valleys.
The fact that the low-lying peat mosses can shoot their spores to such a height is a crucial element of their success.
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