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
The diminutiveness of these small rooms admitted of their being infinitely multiplied.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Marc Monnier
It was not a dangerous-looking affair, to be sure, with its filmy lace edging and ridiculous diminutiveness.
From The Alaskan by James Oliver Curwood
It presented its side and gable to the public road; hence its apparent diminutiveness.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
The diminutiveness of the nurse-perambulators is the most surprising part of the performance.
From The Soul of the Far East by Percival Lowell
