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smallness

smallness noun: the state or quality of being small.

Noun

smallness (countable and uncountable, plural smallnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being small.
    • His smallness didn't bother him, except when he needed something off the top shelf.
    • The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 136
  2. (countable) The result or product of being small.

smallness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

smallness in Hindi

state of being small
अल्पता alpatā

smallness in Tamil

சிறியதாகயிருப்பது, சின்னதாகயிருப்பது, சன்னமாகயிருப்பது

smallness in Urdu

چھوٹائی

smallness in Malayalam

smallness, littleness
അസാരം asāraṁ
More languagesFewer languages
smallness in Kannada
ಗುಜ್ಜತನ, ಕಿರಿತನ, ಕಿರಿಮೆ, ಕಿಸುಗುಳತನ
smallness in Arabic
صِغَر ṣiḡar

Examples of smallness in a sentence

  • My hand was lifted at her door to knock, when I recollected the smallness of the island.1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
  • Howden forcibly expressed his view that the U.T.A. [Ulster Transport Authority] rail system "had reached the limit of its smallness".1963 January, “The Irish scene”, in Modern Railways, page 16:

Forms of smallness

pluralsmallnesses
alternative formsmallnesse

Origin of smallness

From Middle English smalnesse; equivalent to small + -ness.

Questions about smallness

What does smallness mean?
Smallness means the state or quality of being small.
What is smallness in Hindi?
Smallness in Hindi is अल्पता (alpatā). See Smallness meaning in Hindi.
How do you use smallness in a sentence?
My hand was lifted at her door to knock, when I recollected the smallness of the island.
What part of speech is smallness?
Smallness is a noun.
What is the plural of smallness?
The plural of smallness is smallnesses.

Words near smallness in the dictionary

  1. smallmindedness
  2. smallmouth
  3. smallmouth bass
  4. smallmouth basses
  5. smallmouths
  6. smallness
  7. smallnesses
  8. smallpox
  9. smallpoxes
  10. smalls
  11. smallsat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: smallness (page history and authors); smallness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); smallness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അസാരം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); smallness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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