tininess
- 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
The state of being not large in size or amount
The state of being very small in size
The small size of something
A state of being very small
A state of being small in size
A state of being small, weak, or not important
Antonyms
How Small
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.