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littlesome

littlesome adjective: characterised or marked by littleness.

Adjective

littlesome (comparative more littlesome, superlative most littlesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by littleness.
    • Long or short the trial is weighted
      against the rights of man,
      fortune favours nothing
      in your littlesome lifespan.2017, Bill Dixon, Dragonfire: A New World of Poems and Stories

Forms of littlesome

comparativemore littlesome
superlativemost littlesome

Origin of littlesome

From little + -some.

Questions about littlesome

What does littlesome mean?
Littlesome means characterised or marked by littleness.
What part of speech is littlesome?
Littlesome is an adjective.

Words near littlesome in the dictionary

  1. littler known
  2. littler-known
  3. Littlermania
  4. Littlerock
  5. littles
  6. littlesome
  7. littlespace
  8. littlest
  9. littlest known
  10. littlest-known
  11. Littlestone

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