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noun
The state or quality of being small.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The result or product of being small.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
lack of generosity in trifling matters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pettiness, littleness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness
noun
the property of having relatively little strength or vigor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: littleness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weakness
noun
the property of having a relatively small size
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: littleness
Antonyms: largeness
Broader terms: size
Narrower terms: diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness, delicacy, slightness, grain, puniness, runtiness, stuntedness, dwarfishness
noun
the property of being a relatively small amount
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: amount
History
From Middle English smalnesse; equivalent to small + -ness.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
