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

Historically they are the culmination of a development toward diminutiveness, for in their early days viols were larger than they are now.

From How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art by Krehbiel, Henry Edward

I knew him instantly from the pictures I had seen of him, but was surprised at the diminutiveness of his person.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

All affectations in writing should be avoided, such as sloping one's hand to the left, the use of flourishes, undue size in the characters, or a diminutiveness of the same to try eyesight and patience.

From Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. by Frost, Sarah Annie

They both express the idea of smallness or diminutiveness.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)