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

"In addition to the general impression of his diminutiveness and fragility, one was struck with the peculiar beauty of his head and forehead, rising disproportionately high over his small wrinkly visage and gentle deep-set eyes."

From De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars by Simonds, William Edward

The water, building terraces and battlements, reflected enough light to impress me with the diminutiveness of the boat, set in the vastness on which it floated.

From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward

If petty larceny be his offence, I exhort you, do not confound meanness of crime with diminutiveness of stature.

From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles

She was seated on a sofa at the far end of the room when Seymour Michael was shown in, and the first thing that struck her was his diminutiveness.

From From One Generation to Another by Merriman, Henry Seton