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WEENESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being very small in size

Example:

hence the minuteness of detail in the painting

Synonyms:

diminutiveness; minuteness; petiteness; tininess; weeness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

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

Derivation:

wee ((used informally) very small)

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