Betekenis van smallness In het Nederlands

• 0 the fact of being little in size or amount when compared with what is typical or average:

  • The smallness of the city often surprises first-time visitors.

  • The event was a great success, despite the smallness of the numbers attending.

• 1 the fact of being limited or not impressive, or not very important:

  • "What's stopped us from meeting these challenges," he said, "is the smallness of our politics."

  • I love writers who take themselves out of the smallness of their own experiences and write about what it would be like to experience something that they haven't.

  • Seeing what she has to deal with makes me realize the smallness of my problems.

• 2 the fact of being ashamed or weak:

  • I had the smallness to be embarrassed because people were staring at us.