littleness

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• Littleness — Lit tle*ness, n. The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc. [1913 Webster] Syn: Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness; narrowness; insignificance; meanness; penuriousness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• littleness — index dearth Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• littleness — O.E. lytelnes; see LITTLE (Cf. little) + NESS (Cf. ness) …   Etymology dictionary

• Littleness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Littleness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 littleness littleness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 smallness smallness &c.(of quantity) 32 Sgm: N 1 exiguity exiguity inextension Sgm: N 1 parvitude parvitude parvity …   English dictionary for students

• 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 — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Small size Nouns 1. littleness, smallness, minuteness, diminutiveness; thinness, narrowness; epitome, abstract, brief (see shortness); microcosm; rudiment, miniature; vanishing point. See… …   English dictionary for students

• 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 see little I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• littleness — See little. * * * …   Universalium

• littleness — Synonyms and related words: abjectness, abominableness, atrociousness, authoritarianism, baseness, beggarliness, bigotry, blind side, blind spot, blinders, brevity, briefness, closed mind, compactness, compendiousness, conciseness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• littleness — lit·tle·ness || lɪtlnɪs n. smallness, tininess …   English contemporary dictionary