diminutive
adjective
small; little; tiny.
diminutiveness
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a word derived from
diminutive.
Example Sentences
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Proust had to outgrow the habits of diminutiveness, without sacrificing a love of nuance and detail, to become himself.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 3, 2015
The Myrtle Bee is about half the size of the common Wren, certainly not larger: and I always took it for granted, the bird derived its name from its diminutiveness and the cover it frequented.
From Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
It was not the diminutiveness of the figure that sounded so mean to him, but its association with the word "pro-manager."
From A Canadian Bankclerk by J. P. Buschlen
The water, building terraces and battlements, reflected enough light to impress me with the diminutiveness of the boat, set in the vastness on which it floated.
From Greener Than You Think by Ward Moore
"I do adore a mummy," she would say, "I am small enough in mind and body already, but it makes me feel inches smaller, and I like to measure my own diminutiveness."
From Dawn by Henry Rider Haggard
