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- [lit-l]
- /ˈlɪt l/
- /ˈlɪtlnɪs/
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- [lit-l]
- /ˈlɪt l/
Definitions of littleness word
- adjective littleness small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room. 1
- adjective littleness short in duration; not extensive; short; brief: a little while. 1
- adjective littleness small in number: a little group of scientists. 1
- adjective littleness small in amount or degree; not much: little hope. 1
- adjective littleness of a certain amount; appreciable (usually preceded by a): We're having a little difficulty. 1
- adjective littleness being such on a small scale: little farmers. 1
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Origin of littleness
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English lȳtel (lȳt few, small + -el diminutive suffix), cognate with Dutch luttel, Old High German luzzil, Old Norse lītill
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Parts of speech for Littleness
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
littleness popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
littleness usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for littleness
noun littleness
- tininess — very small; minute; wee.
- slight — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- petite — (of a woman) short and having a small, trim figure; diminutive.
- smallness — of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box.
- shortness — having little length; not long.
Antonyms for littleness
noun littleness
- worthiness — having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
- heinousness — The property of being heinous.
- dimensions — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dimensionality — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- mass — the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
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