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How to pronounce smallness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms littleness
Type of size
Has types grain, dwarfishness, petiteness, puniness, runtiness, slightness, stuntedness, diminutiveness, delicacy, tininess, weeness, minuteness
Derivation small
Type Words
Synonyms littleness, pettiness
Type of niggardliness, closeness, tightness, tightfistedness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, meanness, minginess, niggardness
Type Words
Synonyms littleness
Type of weakness
Derivation small


the smallness of her voice.
Type Words
Type of amount
Derivation small


he was attracted by the smallness of the taxes.

Examples of smallness

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Perhaps it's the smallness of the games that allows this laissez faire attitude.
From the businessweek.com
It was unquestionably a victory, however, and all the sweeter for its smallness.
From the independent.co.uk
To use the marked term presupposes youth, smallness, unhappiness, or dirtiness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Smallness not only allows them to move faster but it also inspires them to do so.
From the forbes.com
Pettiness, backbiting and smallness of vision are hardly new to American politics.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The freedom Helmer claims at the end is all the more moving for its smallness.
From the npr.org
Rogers points out that the small children are almost obsessed with their smallness.
From the theatlantic.com
Its beauty was certain, but its smallness was surely a matter of perspective.
From the post-gazette.com
We could see them in their apologetic smallness, shifting from foot to foot.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • The property of having a relatively small size
  • Pettiness: lack of generosity in trifling matters
  • Sevenoaks is a commuter town situated on the London Fringe of West Kent, England, some 20 miles (31.2 km) south-east of Charing Cross, on one of the principal commuter rail lines from the capital. ...
  • The state or quality of being small; The result or product of being small