diminutiveness

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Proust had to outgrow the habits of diminutiveness, without sacrificing a love of nuance and detail, to become himself.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 3, 2015

She had dark, flashing eyes, pearly teeth, full ruby lips and feet and hands that were of fairylike diminutiveness, as well as miracles of grace and dainty shapeliness.

From Monte-Cristo's Daughter by Flagg, Edmund

All affectations in writing should be avoided, such as sloping one's hand to the left, the use of flourishes, undue size in the characters, or a diminutiveness of the same to try eyesight and patience.

From Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. by Frost, Sarah Annie

Consequently he sits tall, and with the peculiar erectness of head and neck, his diminutiveness disappears.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

But he was fierce-looking for all his diminutiveness.

From Insect Stories by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)