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Definition of smallness in English: smallnessnoun ˈsmɔːlnəsˈsmɔlnəs mass noun1The quality of being of a size that is less than normal or usual. her delicate smallness was conducive to her career as a dancer the relative smallness of the screen results in a sharp picture Example sentencesExamples - I am particularly impressed by the smallness in size of both products.
- His legendary charisma is decidedly deflated, not only by the smallness of his head on the TV screen, but by the presence of what appears to be an ashtray on top of the set.
- I would not commend the smallness of your cell phone by saying "It's so large!"
- Apart from his smallness, his outstanding feature was his ears which jutted sharply from the blond head.
- This little man had contrived for himself some little power, which he used badly, because he was small, and because he hated his smallness.
- He is a being with no preternatural qualities, and differs from real living animals only in extreme smallness and agility.
- Her pale ivory skin and smallness conjured in him a need to protect her.
- The structures add a vertical and overhead foliage plane to create the illusion of a larger garden—a key design technique for countering the smallness of city terraces.
- Our home's smallness keeps us focused on what we really need.
- The smallness of the hotel makes it difficult to run as a commercial venture even though it has a skeleton staff.
- 1.1 The quality of being small in amount or number.
he expressed astonishment at the smallness of the salaries the relative smallness of the population Example sentencesExamples - Most remarkable was the smallness of the clerical staff servicing the courts of law and the council.
- He had triumphed in battle despite the smallness of his army.
- The chairman said they must not take the smallness of the meeting as an indication that interest in the Education Act was dying.
- The opera suffers from the smallness of its choir and its instrumentalist troupe.
- I prefer the smallness of the cities south of Seattle.
- Despite its relative smallness, because of a scarcity of available musicians, this band was one of the air force's finest.
- Despite the smallness of the protest, he responded by saying that the county had taken "more than its share" of asylum seekers.
- He is blaming his failure to secure the country and win the support of the population on the smallness of our military presence.
- Adding to the town's charm is its smallness—it has only 8,860 residents.
- I was grateful for the smallness of our class and the class time devoted to discussing our projects.
2The quality of being insignificant or weak. we feel our smallness and vulnerability in this vastness Example sentencesExamples - This is a film that revels and delights in its own mediocrity, and is unashamed of the smallness of its dreams.
- Choose between smallness and grandeur, between nothingness and immortality, between him and me!
- The chief proof of a man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
- It brought home, as nothing else ever has, the smallness of our place in the universe.
- If what it overwhelmingly finds is smallness, spiritual squalor, it would seem to be required of the affirmer to intervene and raise the tone of the world.
- The subject of his work is the contemporary locus of the sublime: a grand power in the face of which we feel our own smallness.
- His smallness in jealousy contrasts with her extreme sacrifice.
- I am fascinated about that point where humans begin to become inconsequential and realize their smallness in relation to the vastness that is out there.
- The self-conscious artfulness that could glint and sparkle in his early novels becomes, in the big books, an embarrassingly grand manner that barely hides a smallness of spirit.
- This was the most she could pull off—the smallness of the crime, the minuteness of the act itself—and yet, so fearsome the punishment.
Definition of smallness in US English: smallnessnounˈsmɔlnəsˈsmôlnəs 1The quality of being of a size that is less than normal or usual. her delicate smallness was conducive to her career as a dancer the relative smallness of the screen results in a sharp picture Example sentencesExamples - This little man had contrived for himself some little power, which he used badly, because he was small, and because he hated his smallness.
- Apart from his smallness, his outstanding feature was his ears which jutted sharply from the blond head.
- I would not commend the smallness of your cell phone by saying "It's so large!"
- His legendary charisma is decidedly deflated, not only by the smallness of his head on the TV screen, but by the presence of what appears to be an ashtray on top of the set.
- The structures add a vertical and overhead foliage plane to create the illusion of a larger garden—a key design technique for countering the smallness of city terraces.
- I am particularly impressed by the smallness in size of both products.
- He is a being with no preternatural qualities, and differs from real living animals only in extreme smallness and agility.
- The smallness of the hotel makes it difficult to run as a commercial venture even though it has a skeleton staff.
- Our home's smallness keeps us focused on what we really need.
- Her pale ivory skin and smallness conjured in him a need to protect her.
- 1.1 The quality of being small in amount or number.
he expressed astonishment at the smallness of the salaries the relative smallness of the population Example sentencesExamples - Adding to the town's charm is its smallness—it has only 8,860 residents.
- Despite its relative smallness, because of a scarcity of available musicians, this band was one of the air force's finest.
- The chairman said they must not take the smallness of the meeting as an indication that interest in the Education Act was dying.
- I prefer the smallness of the cities south of Seattle.
- He is blaming his failure to secure the country and win the support of the population on the smallness of our military presence.
- Despite the smallness of the protest, he responded by saying that the county had taken "more than its share" of asylum seekers.
- Most remarkable was the smallness of the clerical staff servicing the courts of law and the council.
- He had triumphed in battle despite the smallness of his army.
- The opera suffers from the smallness of its choir and its instrumentalist troupe.
- I was grateful for the smallness of our class and the class time devoted to discussing our projects.
2The quality of being insignificant or weak. we feel our smallness and vulnerability in this vastness Example sentencesExamples - It brought home, as nothing else ever has, the smallness of our place in the universe.
- His smallness in jealousy contrasts with her extreme sacrifice.
- This was the most she could pull off—the smallness of the crime, the minuteness of the act itself—and yet, so fearsome the punishment.
- Choose between smallness and grandeur, between nothingness and immortality, between him and me!
- The subject of his work is the contemporary locus of the sublime: a grand power in the face of which we feel our own smallness.
- I am fascinated about that point where humans begin to become inconsequential and realize their smallness in relation to the vastness that is out there.
- If what it overwhelmingly finds is smallness, spiritual squalor, it would seem to be required of the affirmer to intervene and raise the tone of the world.
- The chief proof of a man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
- The self-conscious artfulness that could glint and sparkle in his early novels becomes, in the big books, an embarrassingly grand manner that barely hides a smallness of spirit.
- This is a film that revels and delights in its own mediocrity, and is unashamed of the smallness of its dreams.
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