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smallness
small S0489300 (smôl)adj. small·er, small·est 1. a. Being below average in size: a small car.b. Being below average in quantity or extent: a small donation; a small project.2. Limited in importance or significance; trivial: a small matter.3. Having limited position, influence, or status; minor: "A crowd of small writers had vainly attempted to rival Addison" (Thomas Macaulay).4. Unpretentious; modest: made a small living; helped the cause in my own small way.5. Not fully grown; very young: a small child.6. Narrow in outlook; petty: a small mind.7. Having been belittled; humiliated: Their comments made me feel small.8. Diluted; weak. Used of alcoholic beverages.9. Lacking force or volume: a small voice.10. Lowercase: Type the password in small letters.adv.1. In small pieces: Cut the meat up small.2. Without loudness or forcefulness; softly.3. In a small manner.n.1. A part that is smaller or narrower than the rest: the small of the back.2. smallsa. Small things considered as a group.b. Chiefly British Small items of clothing.
[Middle English smal, from Old English smæl.]
small′ish adj.small′ness n.Synonyms: small, diminutive, little, miniature, minuscule, minute2, petite, tiny, wee1
These adjectives mean being notably below the average in size or magnitude: a small house; diminutive in stature; little hands; a miniature camera; a minuscule amount of rain; minute errors; a petite figure; tiny feet; a wee puppy.Antonym: largeSmallness - As tiny as the glint of a silver dime in a mountain of trash —Elizabeth Spencer
- Big as a broom closet —Anon
This modern colloquialism usually applies to a small living or working space. A common variation often used with “No bigger than” is “As big as a shoe box.” - Big as your thumbnail —Julian Gloag
- He [a very short man] with his chin up, gazing about as though searching for his missing inches —Helen Hudson
- Small and undistinguishable, like far-off mountains turned into clouds —William Shakespeare
- Small as a breadcrumb —Anon
- Small as a fly in the fair enormity of a night sky —Elizabeth Spencer
- Small as a garden pea —Lawrence Durrell
- Small as a snail —Babette Deutsch
The comparison describes the subject of a poem entitled The Mermaid. - Small as grain of rice —Anon
- Small as sesame seed —Anon
- Small as snowflake —Anon
- Tight as a gnat’s cock —English expression used by engineers to describe an extremely small space
- (Paper ripped into pieces,) tiny as confetti —Ann Beattie
- (Jewelled chips) tiny as grass seed —Jayne Anne Phillips
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | smallness - the property of having a relatively small sizelittlenesssize - the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog"diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness - the property of being very small in size; "hence the minuteness of detail in the painting"slightness, delicacy - smallness of staturegrain - the smallest possible unit of anything; "there was a grain of truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense"runtiness, stuntedness, puniness - smallness of staturedwarfishness - smallness of staturebigness, largeness - the property of having a relatively great size | | 2. | smallness - the property of being a relatively small amount; "he was attracted by the smallness of the taxes"amount - the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people" | | 3. | smallness - the property of having relatively little strength or vigor; "the smallness of her voice"littlenessweakness - the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed" | | 4. | smallness - lack of generosity in trifling matterslittleness, pettinessminginess, niggardliness, niggardness, tightfistedness, meanness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, closeness, tightness - extreme stinginess |
smallnessnounContemptible unimportance:inconsiderableness, negligibility, negligibleness, paltriness, pettiness, triviality, trivialness.TranslationsIdiomsSeesmallSmallness
SmallnessSee also Dwarfism.Alicenibbles a magic cake to become a pygmy. [Br. Lit.: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland]Alphonsepetite page to Mr. Wititterly. [Br. Lit.: Nicholas Nickleby]Andorrasmall state of 191 square miles, between France and Spain. [Eur. Hist.: NCE, 100]Anon, Mr. a deformed and hunchbacked midget. [Br. Lit.: Memoirs of a Midget, Magill I, 577–579]hop-o’-my-thumbgeneric term for a midget or dwarf. [Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 544]Liechtensteincentral European principality, comprising 65 square miles. [Eur. Hist.: NCE, 1578]Lilliputiansrace of pygmies living in fictitious kingdom of Lilliput. [Br. Lit.: Gulliver’s Travels]Little Tichmidget music-hall comedian of late 1800s. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1082]Luxembourgduchy of 999 square miles in Western Europe. [Eur. Hist.: NCE, 1632]Miss M. perfectly formed midget leads the pleasant social life of a young lady but disappears mysteriously. [Br. Lit.: Walter de la Mare Memoirs of a Midget in Magill I, 577]Mowcher, Misskindhearted hairdresser of small stature. [Br. Lit.: David Copperfield]Pepin the Shortfirst Frankish king; progenitor of Carolingian dynasty. [Eur. Hist.: Bishop, 20, 25]Quilp, Danielsmall man with giant head and face. [Br. Lit.: Old Curiosity Shop]Rhode Islandsmallest of the fifty states; nicknamed “Little Rhodie.” [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2315]StareleighJustice “a most particularly short man.” [Br. Lit.: Pickwick Papers]Thumb, Tom(1838–1883) stage name for the midget, Charles Sherwood Stratton. [Am. Hist.: Benét, 1016]Thumbelinatiny girl, rescued by a swallow, marries the tiny king of the Angels of the Flowers. [Dan. Lit.: Andersen’s Fairy Tales]Zacchaeuslittle man took to tree to see Christ. [N.T.: Luke 19:3–4]smallness
Synonyms for smallnessnoun contemptible unimportanceSynonyms- inconsiderableness
- negligibility
- negligibleness
- paltriness
- pettiness
- triviality
- trivialness
Synonyms for smallnessnoun the property of having a relatively small sizeSynonymsRelated Words- size
- diminutiveness
- minuteness
- petiteness
- tininess
- weeness
- slightness
- delicacy
- grain
- runtiness
- stuntedness
- puniness
- dwarfishness
Antonymsnoun the property of being a relatively small amountRelated Wordsnoun the property of having relatively little strength or vigorSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun lack of generosity in trifling mattersSynonymsRelated Words- minginess
- niggardliness
- niggardness
- tightfistedness
- meanness
- parsimoniousness
- parsimony
- closeness
- tightness
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