What does littleness mean?
Definitions for littleness
lit·tle·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
smallness, littlenessnoun
the property of having a relatively small size
smallness, littlenessnoun
the property of having relatively little strength or vigor
"the smallness of her voice"
pettiness, littleness, smallnessnoun
lack of generosity in trifling matters
Wiktionary
littlenessnoun
The property of being little, smallness.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Littlenessnoun
Etymology: from little.
All trying, by a love of littleness,
To make abridgments, and to draw to less;
Even that nothing which at first we were. John Donne.We may suppose a great many degrees of littleness and lightness in these earthy particles, so as many of them might float in the air. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.
The English and French, in verse, are forced to raise their language with metaphors, by the pompousness of the whole phrase, to wear off any littleness that appears in the particular parts. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.
The angelick grandeur, by being concealed, does not awaken our poverty, nor mortify our littleness so much, as if it was always displayed. Jeremy Collier, of Envy.
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littleness
Littleness is the quality or state of being small in size, amount, or degree. It often refers to physical size, but can also refer to a small quantity or lack of importance or significance.
Webster Dictionary
Littlenessnoun
the state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of littleness in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of littleness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of littleness in a Sentence
Having had to encounter single-handed during his period of eclipse many physical dangers, he was well aware of the most dangerous element common to them all: of the crushing, paralysing sense of human littleness, which is what really defeats a human struggling with natural forces, alone, far from the eyes of his fellows.
William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating:
...greatness sympathises with greatness, and littleness shrinks into itself.
Desire for security keeps littleness little and threatens the great with smallness.
Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship, 1840:
No sadder proof can be given by man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own intersts.
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