smallness

small  (smôl)

adj. small·er, small·est

1. Being below the average in size or magnitude.

2. Limited in importance or significance; trivial: a small matter.

3. Limited in degree or scope: small farm operations.

4. Lacking position, influence, or status; minor: "A crowd of small writers had vainly attempted to rival Addison" (Thomas Macaulay).

5. Unpretentious; modest: made a small living; helped the cause in my own small way.

6. Not fully grown; very young.

7. Narrow in outlook; petty: a small mind.

8. Having been belittled; humiliated: Their comments made me feel small.

9. Diluted; weak. Used of alcoholic beverages.

10. Lacking force or volume: a small voice.

adv.

1. In small pieces: Cut the meat up small.

2. Without loudness or forcefulness; softly.

3. In a small manner.

n.

1. A part that is smaller or narrower than the rest: the small of the back.

2. smalls

a. Small things considered as a group.

b. Chiefly British Small items of clothing.

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[Middle English smal, from Old English smæl.]

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smallish adj.

smallness n.

Synonyms: small, diminutive, little, miniature, minuscule, minute², petite, tiny, wee
These adjectives mean being notably below the average in size or magnitude: a small house; diminutive in stature; little hands; a miniature camera; a minuscule amount of rain; minute errors; a petite figure; tiny feet; a wee puppy.

Antonym: large

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Smallness 

1. As tiny as the glint of a silver dime in a mountain of trash —Elizabeth Spencer
2. Big as a broom closet —Anon

   This modern colloquialism usually applies to a small living or working space. A common variation often used with “No bigger than” is “As big as a shoe box.”

3. Big as your thumbnail —Julian Gloag
4. He [a very short man] with his chin up, gazing about as though searching for his missing inches —Helen Hudson
5. Small and undistinguishable, like far-off mountains turned into clouds —William Shakespeare
6. Small as a breadcrumb —Anon
7. Small as a fly in the fair enormity of a night sky —Elizabeth Spencer
8. Small as a garden pea —Lawrence Durrell
9. Small as a snail —Babette Deutsch

   The comparison describes the subject of a poem entitled The Mermaid.

10. Small as grain of rice —Anon
11. Small as sesame seed —Anon
12. Small as snowflake —Anon
13. Tight as a gnat’s cock —English expression used by engineers to describe an extremely small space
14. (Paper ripped into pieces,) tiny as confetti —Ann Beattie
15. (Jewelled chips) tiny as grass seed —Jayne Anne Phillips

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	smallness - the property of having a relatively small size littleness size - the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog" diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness - the property of being very small in size; "hence the minuteness of detail in the painting" slightness, delicacy - smallness of stature grain - the smallest possible unit of anything; "there was a grain of truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense" runtiness, stuntedness, puniness - smallness of stature dwarfishness - smallness of stature bigness, largeness - the property of having a relatively great size
	2.	smallness - the property of being a relatively small amount; "he was attracted by the smallness of the taxes" amount - the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
	3.	smallness - the property of having relatively little strength or vigor; "the smallness of her voice" littleness weakness - the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed"
	4.	smallness - lack of generosity in trifling matters littleness, pettiness minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, tightfistedness, meanness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, closeness, tightness - extreme stinginess

Translations

smallness [ˈsmɔːlnɪs] N

1. [of object, animal, room, hand, foot] → pequeñez f, lo chico(LAm); [of income, sum, contribution] → lo pequeño; (in height) [of person] → lo bajo, lo chaparro(LAm); [of problem] → insignificancia f; [of waist] → estrechez f; [of group, population] → lo poco numeroso; [of stock, supply] → lo reducido; [of print, writing] → pequeñez f, lo pequeño, lo menudo

2. (= small-mindedness) → estrechez f de miras

smallness

n → Kleinheit f; (of sum, present) → Bescheidenheit f; (= pettiness) → Kleinlichkeit f

smallness [ˈsmɔːlnɪs] n (gen) → piccolezza; (of person) → bassa statura; (of income, sum) → scarsità