lower-case

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lower-case

adjective

alternative, not comparable Alternative spelling of lowercase

verb lower-cases · lower-casing · lower-cased

alternative Alternative spelling of lowercase Yet, as every rule has its exception, I have construed this dictum somewhat liberally and have as yet never failed to employ as big an A as I could command when the word American was used as an adjective, even while I lower-cased english, mexican and foreign nations generally.

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@misc{lower_case_2026,
  title = {lower-case},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lower-case},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}