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Webster 1913 Edition


Littleness

Lit′tle-ness

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Noun.
The state or quality of being little;
as,
littleness
of size, thought, duration, power, etc.
Syn. – Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness; narrowness; insignificance; meanness; penuriousness.

Webster 1828 Edition


Littleness

LIT'TLENESS

, n.
1.
Smallness of size or bulk; as the littleness of the body or of an animal.
2.
Meanness; want of grandeur; as littleness of conception.
3.
Want of dignity. Contemplations on the majesty of God displayed in his works, may awaken in us a sense of our own littleness.
4.
Meanness; penuriousness.

Definition 2024


littleness

littleness

English

Noun

littleness (countable and uncountable, plural littlenesses)

  1. The property of being little, smallness.
    His littleness didn't bother him, except when he needed to get something off the top shelf.
  2. Smallness of spirit; pettiness.