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Smallness synonyms

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littleness
Smallness of spirit; pettiness.
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  1. Smallness of spirit; pettiness.
  2. The property of being little, smallness.
narrowness
(Countable) a constriction
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  1. (Countable) a constriction
  2. (Uncountable) the state of being narrow
minuteness
The property of being minute.
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  1. The property of being minute.
diminutiveness
The state or quality of being diminutive.
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  1. The state or quality of being diminutive.
shortness
(Uncountable) The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.
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  1. (Uncountable) The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.
  2. (Countable) The result or product of being short.
brevity
The quality of being concise; terseness
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  1. The quality of being concise; terseness
  2. The quality or state of being brief in duration.
  3. The quality of being brief; shortness of time
scantiness
(Uncountable) The quality of being scanty.
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  1. (Uncountable) The quality of being scanty.
  2. (Countable) The result or product of being scanty.
exiguity
The quality or condition of being scanty or meager.
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  1. The quality or condition of being scanty or meager.
tininess
The property of being tiny; minuteness.
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  1. The property of being tiny; minuteness.
  2. The quality or condition of being tiny
petiteness
The quality of being petite.
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  1. The quality of being petite.
dapperness
The state or quality of being dapper.
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  1. The state or quality of being dapper.
paltriness
The characteristic of being paltry.
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  1. The characteristic of being paltry.
pettiness
The quality of being petty.
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  1. The quality of being petty.
  2. A petty behaviour, attitude, etc.
triviality
The quality or state of being trivial
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  1. The quality or state of being trivial
  2. A trivial thing, matter, or idea; trifle
  3. The quality or condition of being trivial.
trivialness
Quality or state of being trivial.
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  1. Quality or state of being trivial.
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Find another word for smallness. In this page you can discover 27 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for smallness, like: infinitesimalness, littleness, smallishness, narrowness, minuteness, diminutiveness, small size, minute size, diminutive size, shortness and brevity.

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  • Some of these, which may be called " earth-tremors," resemble earthquakes in the rapidity with which they occur, but differ from earthquakes in being imperceptible (owing to the smallness of the motion) until instrumental means are used to detect them.

  • This difference is very large compared with the smallness of the unit.

  • The stars of the Helium type of spectrum are remarkable for the smallness of their velocities; from spectroscopic observations of over 60 stars of this class, J.

  • In fact, the quantity 41rp 2 K, which we may call with van der Waals the molecular pressure, is so great for most liquids (5000 atmospheres for water), that in the parts near the surface, where the molecular pressure varies rapidly, we may expect considerable variation of density, even when we take into account the smallness of the compressibility of liquids.

  • Man differs from them in the absence of a hairy coat; in the development of a large lobule to the external ear; in his fully erect attitude; in his flattened foot with the non-opposable great toe; in the straight limb-bones; in the wider pelvis; in the marked sigmoid flexure of his spine; in the perfection of the muscular movements of the arm; in the delicacy of hand; in the smallness of the canine teeth and other dental peculiarities; in the development of a chin; and in the small size of his jaws compared to the relatively great size of the cranium.

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