littleness

Roget category 193

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.1. General dimensions

#193. Littleness

noun

littleness etc. adj. — smallness etc. (of quantity) 32 — exiguity, inextension^† — parvitude^†, parvity^† — duodecimo^† — Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm — rudiment — vanishing point — thinness etc. 203.
dwarf, pygmy, pigmy^†, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon^†, urchin, elf — atomy^†, dandiprat^† — doll, puppet — Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb^† — manikin, mannikin — homunculus, dapperling^†, cock-sparrow.
animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet^†, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon^† — bacteria — infusoria^† — microzoa [Micro.] — phytozoaria^† — microbe — grub — tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry — millet seed, mustard seed — barleycorn — pebble, grain of sand — molehill, button, bubble.
point — atom etc. (small quantity) 32 — fragment etc. (small part) 51 — powder etc. 330 — point of a pin, mathematical point — minutiae etc. (unimportance) 643.
micrometer — vernier — scale.
microphotography, photomicrography, micrography^† — photomicrograph, microphotograph — microscopy — microscope (optical instruments) 445.

verb

be little etc. adj. — lie in a nutshell — become small etc. (decrease) 36, (contract) 195.

adjective

little — small etc. (in quantity) 32 — minute, diminutive, microscopic — microzoal — inconsiderable etc. (unimportant) 643 — exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin^†, miniature, pygmy, pigmy^†, elfin — undersized — dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish — spare, stunted, limited — cramp, cramped — pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket — portative^†, portable — duodecimo^† — dumpy, squat — short etc. 201.
impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial — infinitesimal, homoeopathic^† — atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular — rudimentary, rudimental — embryonic, vestigial.
weazen^†, scant, scraggy, scrubby — thin etc. (narrow) 203 — granular etc. (powdery) 330 — shrunk etc. 195 — brevipennate^†.

adverb

in a small compass, in a nutshell — on a small scale — minutely, microscopically.

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