littleness

Examples

• All

• And they will find their littleness in startling contrast with the grandeur of the soul-saving evangelists God has honored.

  Academic text (2006)

• It is obscured by its own littleness and overwhelmed by your vastness.

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

• Just because his father bullied him into agreeing by embarrassing him, by emphasizing his littleness and skinniness, did not make his father's understanding greater.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The littleness of the kitten made it adorable and easy to hold.

• Many people appreciate the littleness of a cozy home over a large mansion.

Synonyms

S

smallness

vslittleness

4 1.6

The state of being not large in size or amount

is limited to size only rather than amount or extent

T

tininess

vslittleness

1 4.3

The condition of being very small

is about low size without implying an extreme degree

P

puniness

vslittleness

1 7.0

A state of being small, weak, or not important

is neutral about size and does not include weakness or low importance

P

petiteness

vslittleness

1 5.6

A state of being very small

is used more generally for low size beyond body or clothing

D

diminutiveness

vslittleness

1 9.1

The state of being very small in size

is about low size but not necessarily stressing an extreme reduction

M

minuteness

vslittleness

• Formal

1 6.7

The small size of something

is about low size without stressing an extreme degree

Antonyms

B

bigness

6 2.8

The size or importance of something

G

greatness

3 3.7

A very large size or amount, like a mountain

L

largeness

2 3.2

A great physical size, like a tree or hall

How Small

tininess

1 4.3

minuteness

• Formal

1 6.7

littleness

1 5.9

smallness

4 1.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology