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# smallness

«smallness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the quality of being small in size or height** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Smallness is the quality of being small in size or height. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smallness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, the smallness of a hero or a tent is often a surprise, but it does not stop him being brave or strong.

### examples

- The smallness of the mouse surprised everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smallness/#x1)
- He admired the smallness of the tent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smallness/#x2)
- Her smallness did not matter to her friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smallness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; it names a size, not a count

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «smallness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smallness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.