Usually means: Lying down, especially while resting.
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  1. downlying: Merriam-Webster
  2. downlying: Wordnik
  3. downlying: Wiktionary
  4. Downlying: Dictionary.com
  5. Downlying: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. downlying: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Downlying: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. downlying: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. downlying: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Downlying: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (downlying)

▸ noun:  The time of retiring to rest.
▸ noun:  (Scotland) The travail in childbirth.

Similar:
downsetting, retreating, retire, recess, lay-down, winddown, retrait, downfalling, downshift, setdown, more...

Opposite:
upright, standing, erect, vertical

Phrases:
at the downlying, more...

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Similar:
downsetting, retreating, retire, recess, lay-down, winddown, retrait, downfalling, downshift, setdown, more...

Opposite:
upright, standing, erect, vertical

Phrases:
at the downlying, more...



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