DIMINUTIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diminutiveness mean? 

• DIMINUTIVENESS (noun)
  The noun DIMINUTIVENESS has 1 sense:

1. the property of being very small in size

  Familiarity information: DIMINUTIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIMINUTIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being very small in size

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

diminutiveness; minuteness; petiteness; tininess; weeness

Context example:

hence the minuteness of detail in the painting

Hypernyms ("diminutiveness" is a kind of...):

littleness; smallness (the property of having a relatively small size)

Derivation:

diminutive (very small)