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

The diminutiveness of the nurse-perambulators is the most surprising part of the performance.

From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival

The Church, here, is from its diminutiveness, quite an object of curiosity; and the stranger will also notice THE WELL, on the road-side; but the Villa and Cottage are both secluded from public view.

From Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island. by Brannon, George

Passers-by frequently glanced at it and thought it a nice little house whose amusing diminutiveness was a sort of attraction.

From The Head of the House of Coombe by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

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

From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc