diminutiveness
Example Sentences
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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
It presented its side and gable to the public road; hence its apparent diminutiveness.
From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
It was not a dangerous-looking affair, to be sure, with its filmy lace edging and ridiculous diminutiveness.
From The Alaskan by Curwood, James Oliver
The Jipsons confined their invitations to the few, very few genteel of the family, and even the diminutiveness of the number invited was decimated by Mr. Smith, who was permitted to review the parties invited.
From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge
The Church, here, is from its diminutiveness, quite an object of curiosity; and the stranger will also notice THE WELL, on the road-side; but the Villa and Cottage are both secluded from public view.
