smallness

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being small.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pettiness littleness meanness deficiency indifference compactness vanity brevity insufficiency insignificance shortness narrowness shabbiness nullity slimness
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Antonyms

largeness infinity bigness importance moment diameter
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Hypernyms

size amount meanness closeness parsimony weakness

Hyponyms

grain delicacy minuteness slightness puniness diminutiveness

Examples

This is what one thirsts for, I realize, after the smallness of the day, of work, of details, of intimacy - even of communication, one thirsts for the magnitude and universality of a night full of stars, pouring into one like a fresh tide. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him. Denis Diderot

Though I was satisfied that I was on the verge of perhaps a magnificent find, probably one of the missing tombs that I had been seeking for many years, I was much puzzled by the smallness of the opening in comparison with those of other royal tombs in the valley. Howard Carter

If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad? Alphonse de Lamartine

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend. François de La Rochefoucauld

Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments. Though we fall short, our labour is not lost if this day surpasses the preceding one. John Calvin

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