Be‐low″ (�), prep. [Pref. be- by + low.] 1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. Shak.
2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality. “One degree below kings.” Addison.
3. Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.
They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain,... how below all history the persons and their actions were.
Milton.
Who thinks no fact below his regard.
Hallam.
Syn. — Underneath; under; beneath.