单词 | littleness |
释义 | littleness (once / 5388 pages) n WORD FAMILY littleness: littlenesses+/little: littleness, littles, littlest USAGE EXAMPLES“These guys are galactic deal-makers, transaction merchants, not people who face the extraordinary littleness of life,” said Bart Naylor of Public Citizen. Washington Post(Dec 01, 2016) Phelps held the infant awkwardly for a moment—a giant unsure of what to do with such littleness—then returned to the pool deck. The New Yorker(Aug 10, 2016) “It takes a lot of courage and humility and littleness to go to people and ask for their help,” she said. Washington Times(Apr 09, 2016) 1n the property of having a relatively small size Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper smallness bigness, largeness the property of having a relatively great size diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness the property of being very small in size delicacy, slightnesssmallness of stature grainthe smallest possible unit of anything puniness, runtiness, stuntednesssmallness of stature dwarfishnesssmallness of stature size the physical magnitude of something (how big it is) 2n the property of having relatively little strength or vigor Syn|Hyper smallness weakness the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain 3n lack of generosity in trifling matters Syn|Hyper pettiness, smallness closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness extreme stinginess |
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