Synonyms:
nether, under
Meaning: located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine"
Synonyms:
chthonian, chthonic, nether
Meaning: dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions"
Synonyms:
nether
Meaning: lower; "gnawed his nether lip"
Usage examples
HERCULES IN THE NETHER WORLD
With this thought in his brain, he rode down from the luminous upper world of the moon and stars toward the nether world of drifting mists and black ravines.
They narrate the struggles between the rulers of the upper and the nether world, the descent of the former into Xibalba, the Realm of Phantoms, and their victory over its lords, One Death and Seven Deaths.
And into the world he went till he came to the nether cliffs that stand by the inner mountains in the soul and heart of the earth where the Earthquake dwelleth alone, asleep but astir as he sleeps, breathing and moving his legs, and grunting aloud in the dark.
It has a unique position on the summit of a steep and imposing scarp, rising on the north, south, and west sides of the borough out of the deep alluvial Vale of Blackmoor, the view from the Castle Green over three counties of verdant pasture--South, Mid, and Nether Wessex--being as sudden a surprise to the unexpectant traveller's eyes as the medicinal air is to his lungs.