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Meanings of smallness in inglés

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petitesa

The property of having a relatively small size.

      petitesa
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      Examples for "littleness"
      Examples for "littleness"
      1
      God measures the greatness of happiness by the littleness of the happy.
      The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
      2
      It left nothing common, neither the motives nor the littleness of men.
      Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days
      3
      It was Wilf's youngness and littleness in the face of that immensity.
      The Privet Hedge
      4
      Then reflect on the nature of matrimony, with its littleness and cares.
      Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great Women
      5
      It discovers a want of heart, and an infinite littleness of soul.
      Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham
      1
      Voters were mystified by the pettiness, and the Liberals saw their chance.
      The Guardian
      2
      The horrible pettiness of it all, constituted the maddening sting of it.
      The Debtor: A Novel
      3
      Nothing but our own pinchbeck ideas could ascribe to Him this pettiness.
      The Conquest of Fear
      4
      It is not the pettiness, but the particularity, that makes them unpicturesque.
      The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 / A Magazin...
      5
      There is freedom to be achieved from the pettiness of our lives.
      The Chief End of Man
      Usage of smallness in inglés
      1
      In a way, the smallness of the room added to its luxury.
      Sister Carrie: A Novel
      2
      He could not endure his own smallness in the face of immensity.
      Scrimshaw
      3
      That which added to the cruelty was, the smallness of the fire.
      Female Scripture Biography, Volume II / Including an Essay on Wh...
      4
      At the knees a pair of hands hung, infantile in their smallness.
      The Enormous Room
      5
      Nor was the smallness of the work any objection to its security.
      Oak Openings
      6
      The people along the road were very much disappointed by his smallness.
      Sydney Smith
      7
      He added apologetically, The smallness of the amount is due to bulk.
      Revolution
      8
      The smallness of his following we may suppose to have been reported.
      A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
      9
      We thus hoped to make amends for the smallness of our numbers.
      Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
      10
      Shame at the smallness, meanness, emptiness of the things that he declared.
      The Best British Short Stories of 1922
      11
      The whole east front must surprise most people by its apparent smallness.
      Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of York / A Description ...
      12
      She suppressed a shudder at the smallness and barrenness of the place.
      The Assistant
      13
      One was of illimitable vastness, the other of an almost horrifying smallness.
      The Way of Ambition
      14
      Rage could see he was attracted to the smallness of the houses.
      Night gate
      15
      At close of feast Boy bring cups of smallness filled with coffee.
      Seven Maids of Far Cathay: Being English Notes From a Chinese Cl...
      16
      Their smallness of size was not necessarily too much of a handicap.
      This Simian World
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      Smallness through the time
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