The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LOWEST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result LOWEST
- See one at bridge very close to the ground
- Frequently leaving Suffolk resort, most depressed
- Disoriented, our side hides at the bottom
- Extremely poor setters no longer possessed pens
- Smallest number oft departing English port
- See our lot by street most debased
- Worst art imitating cattle?
- Look towards the setting sun, being most depressed
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The straight part
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What does LOWEST mean?
LOWEST adjective- Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
- Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
- Humble, meek, not haughty.
- Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
- Being a nadir, a bottom.
- Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
- Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
- Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- Simple in complexity or development; (in several set phrases) favoring simplicity; (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).
- (in several set phrases) Being near the equator.
- (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
- Quiet; soft; not loud.
- Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
- Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
- Not rich or seasoned; offering the minimum of nutritional requirements; plain, simple.
- (of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
- Close to the ground.
- Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
- With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
- Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
- In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
- In a time approaching our own.
- In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.