downness rare.
(ˈdaʊnnɪs)
[f. down a. + -ness.]
The fact or condition of being down; lowness.
| 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xx. 150 Rightness and leftness, upness and downness, are again pure sensations differing specifically from each other, and generically from everything else. 1927 Scots Observer 1 Oct. 2/2 A friend who positively finds his happiness in responding to human downness. |