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adjective lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal: the nether regions.
lower or under: his nether lip.
Origin of nether before 900; Middle English nethere, Old English neothera, nithera, derivative of nither down (cognate with German nieder ), literally, further down, equivalent to ni- down + -ther comparative suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM nether neth·er·ward, adjective Words nearby nether netbook, Net Book Agreement, net domestic product, Neth., nethead, nether , Netherlander, Netherlandic, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands East Indies
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Example sentences from the Web for nether It quickly becomes way too apparent that this is not a scenic romantic vista, but rather code for Harding's own nether regions.
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She just sits in a pool of water and spreads her legs, using her nether regions as bait.
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He is also nicknamed Chief Kiael, but nether neither he nor anybody else seems to be the chief of SUWU.
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Somewhere in the nether regions of his pitiless heart, the ancient patriarch knows he cannot live forever.
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"This went from the nether regions of the Internet to mainstream political debate," Pfeiffer told the half-full briefing room.
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Tartarus was the region of punishment in the nether world of the ancients.
Rambles in Rome | S. Russell Forbes
Their synne shall not hurte vs / nether will we absteyne frome the sacramentes for their nowghtines / but vse th.
A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful | Peter Martyr
Tis a long journey and I effected nothing; for the mind of the King, I was assured, is harder than the nether millstone.
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You somehow think of them as on, not in the lake, or like clouds lying in a nether skylike ships waiting for the wind.
His nether lip actually returned to its normal position under the shock.
Make or Break | Oliver Optic
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British Dictionary definitions for nether adjective placed or situated below, beneath, or underground nether regions ; a nether lip
Word Origin for nether Old English niothera, nithera, literally: further down, from nither down. Related to Old Irish nitaram, German nieder
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Words related to nether below, beneath, lower, under