noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The property of being tiny; minuteness. uncountable, usually

   "He himself seemed to have shrunk to the tininess of the insect he had watched at the foot of the larch […]"

2. 2
   the property of being very small in size wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

daintinessdelicacydiminutivenessdiminutivenessexiguityinsignificance

Example

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"He himself seemed to have shrunk to the tininess of the insect he had watched at the foot of the larch […]"

Etymology

From tiny + -ness.

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