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   lower

   /ˈləʊə/

   adjective

   • 1. less high in position: "the lower levels of the building" Similar bottombottommostunderunderneathfurther downbeneathnetherOpposite topupperhigher
   • ▪ less high in status or amount: "managers lower down the hierarchy" Similar subordinateinferiorlesserjuniorminorsecondarylower-levellower-gradesubsidiaryancillarysecond-fiddlesubservientsecond-classsecond-ratecheaperreduceddecreasedlessenedcurtailedprunedcutslashedOpposite upperseniorhigherincreased
   • ▪ (of an animal or plant) showing relatively primitive or simple characteristics.
   • 2. situated on less high land or towards the sea: "the union of Upper and Lower Egypt"
   • ▪ situated to the south: "Lower California"
   • 3. denoting an older (and hence usually deeper) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited: "Lower Cretaceous"

   adverb

   • 1. in or into a lower position: "the sun sank lower"

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • W

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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