Antonyms for tallness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɔl |
Definition of tallness
Origin :- "high in stature," 1520s, probably ultimately from Old English getæl "prompt, active." Sense evolved to "brave, valiant, seemly, proper" (late 14c.), then to "attractive, handsome" (mid-15c.), and finally "being of more than average height." The Old English word is related to Old High German gi-zal "quick," Gothic un-tals "indocile."
- Sense evolution is remarkable, but adjectives applied to persons often mutate quickly in meaning (e.g. pretty, buxom, German klein "small, little," which in Middle High German meant the same as its English cognate clean). Meaning "exaggerated" (as in tall tale) is American English colloquial attested by 1846. Phrase tall, dark, and handsome is recorded from 1906.
- As in length : noun extent of object, distance, time
- As in stature : noun importance
- As in highness : noun quality of being high
- As in height : noun altitude, top part
- Oh, the relief of the tallness and straightness and whiteness!
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- The Germans pride themselves in their tallness of stature and skill in magic.
- Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus
- Her tallness, he thought, could be said to have come straight from him.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Arethusa » by Francis Barton Fox
- Yet it carried itself with an effect of tallness and slenderness and grace.
- Extract from : « The Combined Maze » by May Sinclair
- For coloured flowers are dominant to white, and tallness is dominant to dwarfness.
- Extract from : « Mendelism » by Reginald Crundall Punnett
- In fact, for tallness, they are rather like grown up people.
- Extract from : « Last Words » by Juliana Horatia Ewing
- Despite his limp, I was conscious of his tallness and lissomness as he hobbled by my side.
- Extract from : « A Case in Camera » by Oliver Onions
- When we were come to the bush a-nodding, I leaned over to the tallness of it.
- Extract from : « The Story of Opal » by Opal Whiteley
- There are plants that are tall and can transmit only Tallness to offspring.
- Extract from : « Feminism and Sex-Extinction » by Arabella Kenealy
- In fact, for tallness, they are rather like grown-up people.
- Extract from : « Mary's Meadow » by Juliana Horatia Ewing
Synonyms for tallness
- ability
- acme
- apex
- apogee
- breadth
- brow
- cachet
- caliber
- capacity
- ceiling
- compass
- competence
- consequence
- continuance
- crest
- crown
- cusp
- development
- diameter
- dignity
- dimension
- duration
- elevation
- elongation
- eminence
- endlessness
- expanse
- expansion
- extensiveness
- extent
- growth
- height
- highness
- hill
- interval
- lastingness
- length
- lengthiness
- limit
- linearity
- loftiness
- longitude
- longness
- magnitude
- measure
- merit
- mileage
- mountain
- orbit
- panorama
- peak
- period
- piece
- pinnacle
- pitch
- portion
- position
- prestige
- prominence
- protractedness
- purview
- qualification
- quality
- quantity
- radius
- range
- ranginess
- rank
- reach
- realm
- remoteness
- rise
- season
- section
- segment
- size
- solstice
- space
- spaciousness
- span
- standing
- state
- station
- stature
- status
- stretch
- stride
- summit
- tallness
- term
- tip
- tiptop
- unit
- value
- vertex
- virtue
- width
- worth
- year
- zenith
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