tininess
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈtaɪnɪnəs/
- I often wrote poetry or journaled about my life, my family, my dreams for my future, and the vastness of the ocean against the tininess of me.
Examples
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The largeness of the world, which accentuated her own tininess, her very insignificant insignificance, hovered above with its misshapen clouds.
Fiction book (2000) -
About fifteen people are in the synagogue, which, because of its tininess, feels almost full.
Fiction book (1994) -
Yet one is struck not by their grandeur but by their tininess.
Academic text (1998) -
Tininess may be detected either 1) after rounding (n3) or 2) before rounding.
Academic text (1999) -
The term "tininess" refers to a nonzero number whose absolute value is less than E min, where E min is the smallest representable exponent (see Table 4).
Academic text (1999) -
The child's tininess made it difficult for her to fit into the small chair.
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The artist captured the tininess of the flower in exquisite detail.
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Despite its tininess, the apartment was full of charm and character.
Synonyms
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1.6
The state of being not large in size or amount
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5.9
A state of being small in size
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7.0
A state of being small, weak, or not important
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5.6
A state of being very small
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9.1
The state of being very small in size
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6.7
The small size of something
Antonyms
How Small
- Specialized
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5.9
- Formal
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7.0
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4.3
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5.9
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1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tininess comes from the adjective tiny, which means 'very small'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of tiny as like a smaller form of thin, so tininess is the quality or state of being very small.