Definition for LIT'TLE-NESS

LIT'TLE-NESS, n.

  1. Smallness of size or bulk; as, the littleness of the body or of an animal.
  2. Meanness; want of grandeur; as, littleness of conception.
  3. Want of dignity. Contemplations on the majesty of God displayed in his works, may awaken in us a sense of our own littleness.
  4. Meanness; penuriousness.

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