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tininess

UK/ˈtʌɪninəs/

tininess noun: the property of being tiny; minuteness.

Noun

tininess (usually uncountable, plural tininesses)

  1. (usually) The property of being tiny; minuteness.
    • He himself seemed to have shrunk to the tininess of the insect he had watched at the foot of the larch […]1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 78

Forms of tininess

pluraltininesses

Origin of tininess

From tiny + -ness.

Questions about tininess

What does tininess mean?
Tininess means the property of being tiny; minuteness.
What part of speech is tininess?
Tininess is a noun.
How do you pronounce tininess?
Tininess is pronounced /ˈtʌɪninəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of tininess?
The plural of tininess is tininesses.

Words near tininess in the dictionary

  1. tinies
  2. tiniest
  3. Tiniguiban
  4. tinikling
  5. tinily
  6. tininess
  7. tininesses
  8. tining
  9. Tinirau
  10. Tiniwisan
  11. Tinjan

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