Synonyms for smallness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : smawl
Phonetic Transcription : smɔl

Top 10 synonyms for smallness Other synonyms for the word smallness

Définition of smallness

Origin :
  • late 14c., from small (adj.) + -ness.
  • noun littleness
Example sentences :
  • That which added to the cruelty was, the smallness of the fire.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Was this a trifle, which only the Gholson-like smallness of my soul made spectral?
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • Parvus means small; so named from the smallness of the plant.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • But is this equally true of the greatness and smallness of the fingers?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Then smallness cannot be in the whole of one, but, if at all, in a part only?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • If, then, smallness is present in the one it will be present either in the whole or in a part of the whole?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • Then that which has greatness and smallness also has equality, which lies between them?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • Then the one, if of such a nature, has greatness and smallness?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • He suffered greatly from the smallness of remittances he was able to send his daughter.
  • Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad
  • What astonished me was the smallness, the dirt, the want of dignity of the room itself.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

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