diminutiveness

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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

"I have no doubt," said De Chauxville, "that mademoiselle's hands are firm, despite their diminutiveness."

From The Sowers by Merriman, Henry Seton

It presented its side and gable to the public road; hence its apparent diminutiveness.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

The diminutiveness of these small rooms admitted of their being infinitely multiplied.

From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc

Out of her diminutiveness, out of her leanness, out of her extraordinary litheness, little Eve Edgarton stared up speculatively at Barton's great hulking helplessness.

From Little Eve Edgarton by Crosby, Raymond Moreau