Smallness of size, quantity, amount, bulk, stature, degree, or extent.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] (252) littlenessOE Smallness of size, quantity, amount, bulk, stature, degree, or extent. littleheadc1350 = littleness, n. paucity?a1425 Smallness of quantity or size; thinness; the presence of something in only small amounts; scantiness; a small or scant quantity. smallness?1532 The fact or quality of being small in various senses (cf. small, adj. II.). In amount, quantity, etc. slenderness?1542 Pettiness, smallness, slightness, etc. exiguity1604 The quality or condition of being exiguous; smallness in size or quantity; paucity of numbers; littleness, scantiness, scarcity. fewness1617 The quality or fact of being low in amount; small quantity; an instance of this. Obsolete (poetic in later use). lowness1708 Low degree of a quality or attribute; smallness of amount, price, value, etc.; (with reference to a musical note) low pitch. Cf. highness, n. 5. slightness1747 Smallness in amount, degree, etc. exiguousness1888 = exiguity, n. 1a. Subcategories:— extreme (3) — state of being under an amount or limit (1) — a small quantity or amount (220) — smaller quantity or amount (3) — least quantity or amount (12) — no part of something (3) |
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