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Webster 1913 Edition


Littleness

Lit′tle-ness

,
Noun.
The state or quality of being little;
as,
littleness
of size, thought, duration, power, etc.
Syn. – Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness; narrowness; insignificance; meanness; penuriousness.

Webster 1828 Edition


Littleness

LIT'TLENESS

, n.
1.
Smallness of size or bulk; as the littleness of the body or of an animal.
2.
Meanness; want of grandeur; as littleness of conception.
3.
Want of dignity. Contemplations on the majesty of God displayed in his works, may awaken in us a sense of our own littleness.
4.
Meanness; penuriousness.