littleness+(noun)

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• littleness — little ► ADJECTIVE 1) small in size, amount, or degree. 2) (of a person) young or younger. 3) of short distance or duration. 4) trivial, unimportant, or humble. ► DETERMINER & PRONOUN 1) (a little) a small amount of …   English terms dictionary

• littleness — noun The property of being little, smallness. His littleness didnt bother him, except when he needed to get something off the top shelf …   Wiktionary

• littleness — noun see little I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• littleness — noun 1. the property of having a relatively small size • Syn: ↑smallness • Ant: ↑bigness, ↑largeness (for: ↑smallness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑lit …   Useful english dictionary

• dwarfishness — noun smallness of stature • Derivationally related forms: ↑dwarfish • Hypernyms: ↑smallness, ↑littleness * * * noun see dwarfish * * * dwarfˈishness noun • • • …   Useful english dictionary

• stuntedness — noun smallness of stature • Syn: ↑puniness, ↑runtiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑stunted, ↑runty (for: ↑runtiness), ↑puny ( …   Useful english dictionary

• little — I. adjective (littler or less or lesser; littlest or least) Etymology: Middle English littel, from Old English lȳtel; akin to Old High German luzzil little Date: before 12th century 1. not big: as a. small in size or extent ; …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• little — adjective 1》 small in size, amount, or degree.     ↘(of a person) young or younger: my little brother.     ↘denoting something that is the smaller or smallest of those so named. 2》 of short distance or duration. 3》 trivial or unimportant.… …   English new terms dictionary

• little — /ˈlɪtl / (say litl) adjective 1. small in size; not big or large: a little child. 2. small in extent or duration; short; brief: a little while. 3. small in number: a little army. 4. small in amount or degree; not much: little hope. 5. being such… …  

• little — ► ADJECTIVE 1) small in size, amount, or degree. 2) (of a person) young or younger. 3) of short distance or duration. 4) trivial, unimportant, or humble. ► DETERMINER & PRONOUN 1) (a little) a small amount of …   English terms dictionary

• smallness — noun 1. the property of having a relatively small size (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑littleness • Ant: ↑bigness (for: ↑littleness), ↑largeness • Derivati …   Useful english dictionary