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PETITENESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does petiteness mean?

• PETITENESS (noun)
The noun PETITENESS has 1 sense:

1. the property of being very small in size

Familiarity information: PETITENESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PETITENESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The property of being very small in size

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

diminutiveness; minuteness; petiteness; tininess; weeness

Context example:

hence the minuteness of detail in the painting

Hypernyms ("petiteness" is a kind of...):

littleness; smallness (the property of having a relatively small size)

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