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nonlow

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Not low.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Welmers, William Everett (1973), African Language Structures, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 82: “After a low tone at any point in a phrase, there are only two possibilities: the next syllable may have the same pitch and thus also have low tone, or it may have a nonlow pitch[...]”

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History

Etymology

From non- + low.