Littleness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Littleness is a noun meaning The property of being little, smallness.
Meaning
The property of being little, smallness.
More Meanings
- Smallness of spirit; pettiness.
Example Sentences
His littleness didn't bother him, except when he needed to get something off the top shelf.
Tyler […] has been called a mediocre man; but this is unwarranted flattery. He was a politician of monumental littleness.
So unlike what a man should be!—None of that upright integrity, that strict adherence to truth and principle, that disdain of trick and littleness, which a man should display in every transaction of his life.
For although the Queen had ordered a little Equipage of all things neceſſary while I was in her Service, yet my Ideas were wholly taken up with what I ſaw on every ſide of me, and winked at my own Littleneſs as People do at their own Faults.
Word Forms
- littlenesses
Synonyms for littleness
Depending on context, synonyms include smallness.
Antonyms for littleness
Common opposites include largeness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include smallness, slightness, lilliputianism, smallishness, diminutiveness, shortness.
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