1. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.
2. (Bot.) (a) Concave on the upper side; — said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border. (b) Lying flat; — said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; — said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.
DEPRESSINGLY
De*press"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a depressing manner.
DEPRESSION
De*pres"sion, n. Etym: [L. depressio: cf. F. dépression.]
1. The act of depressing.
2. The state of being depressed; a sinking.
3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.