Littleness
['litlnis]
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.
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Examples
- And to this day the stone remains, an illegible monument of Mr. Pickwick's greatness, and a lasting trophy to the littleness of his enemies. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They elevated me from all littleness of feeling; and although they did not remove my grief, they subdued and tranquillized it. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- There is a littleness about him which you discovered, and which I did not: and I was fully convinced of his being in love with Harriet. Jane Austen. Emma.
- And yet there was no bad feeling, no maliceno rancour, no littleness in his countenance, beautiful with a man's best beauty, even in its depression. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As I was on the road, observing the littleness of the houses, the trees, the cattle, and the people, I began to think myself in Lilliput. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It was vulgar, and showed the littleness which some want of philanthropy towards our poor fellow creatures always must evince. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- So does a whole world, with all its greatnesses and littlenesses, lie in a twinkling star. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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