tininess

/ˈtīnēnə̇s -īnin-/ (ame, mw)

tininess — noun

1. the condition of being extremely small, especially in size or amount.

1.名詞C1
釋義

the condition of being extremely small, especially in size or amount.

例句

Jiwoo laughed at the tininess of the sandwich they served on the plane.

tininess of [object] for strikingly small size

The tininess of Nia's handwriting made the note hard to read.

tininess of [text] causing practical difficulty

同義詞
  • smallness

    more neutral and broader; it does not always suggest something strikingly tiny

  • minuteness

    more formal; often used when talking about detail, measurement, or precision

  • littleness

    literary and less common; it can suggest emotional smallness as well as physical size

反義詞
  • largeness

    general opposite in physical size or scale

  • vastness

    used when something feels very large in area, amount, or scale

文法句型

the tininess of [noun phrase]

such tininess

用法筆記

Most often appears in writing that comments on size from a little distance, especially with an of-phrase. In everyday speech, people more often say something is tiny than use tininess.

常見錯誤

❌The tininess from the label made it hard to see.
✅The tininess of the label made it hard to see.
💡This noun usually takes 'of' to show what is very small.
❌The toy is tininess.
✅The toy is tiny.
💡'Tininess' is a noun; use the adjective 'tiny' after 'be'.