smallness

The state or quality of being small.

Noun

  1. 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...
    • My hand was lifted at her door to knock, when I recollected the smallness of the island. We could never hide ourselves upon it. - 1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York,...
  2. The result or product of being small.

Origin

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

Forms

smallnesses smallnesse