| 单词 | diminutiveness |
| 例句 | The new special “World’s Smallest Woman: Meet Jyoti” introduces viewers to an Indian actress whose biggest claim to fame is her record-setting diminutiveness. What’s on TV This Week: A Walter Mercado doc, a Tom Hanks WWII thriller and more 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Proust had to outgrow the habits of diminutiveness, without sacrificing a love of nuance and detail, to become himself. The Diminutive Genius of Max Beerbohm 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Consequently he sits tall, and with the peculiar erectness of head and neck, his diminutiveness disappears. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Nature has wisely established a compensation to make amends for the diminutiveness of organs by rapidity of movement, and has, consequently, furnished the animal with the necessary power to produce this rapidity. Lecture on Artificial Flight Given by request at the Academy of Natural Sciences 2011-11-24T03:00:42.240Z Accordingly, I stayed in his bedroom, where I had found him writing, and he went into his sitting-room, of which, from the diminutiveness of his domicile, I commanded a full view, sit where I would. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z It was not the diminutiveness of the figure that sounded so mean to him, but its association with the word "pro-manager." A Canadian Bankclerk My general diminutiveness of person has always been more than compensated, I think, by a corresponding magnitude of mind; but one is none the less sensitive to wayside ribaldry. Aliens I knew him instantly from the pictures I had seen of him, but was surprised at the diminutiveness of his person. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The Jipsons confined their invitations to the few, very few genteel of the family, and even the diminutiveness of the number invited was decimated by Mr. Smith, who was permitted to review the parties invited. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes They both express the idea of smallness or diminutiveness. A Handbook of the English Language The Myrtle Bee is about half the size of the common Wren, certainly not larger: and I always took it for granted, the bird derived its name from its diminutiveness and the cover it frequented. Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The water, building terraces and battlements, reflected enough light to impress me with the diminutiveness of the boat, set in the vastness on which it floated. Greener Than You Think She had dark, flashing eyes, pearly teeth, full ruby lips and feet and hands that were of fairylike diminutiveness, as well as miracles of grace and dainty shapeliness. Monte-Cristo's Daughter Sand-martins differ from their congeners in the diminutiveness of their size, and in their colour, which is what is usually called a mouse-colour. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Historically they are the culmination of a development toward diminutiveness, for in their early days viols were larger than they are now. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art The diminutiveness of these small rooms admitted of their being infinitely multiplied. The Wonders of Pompeii The Church, here, is from its diminutiveness, quite an object of curiosity; and the stranger will also notice THE WELL, on the road-side; but the Villa and Cottage are both secluded from public view. Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island. This may account for the flatness of views, and the diminutiveness of objects. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One "In addition to the general impression of his diminutiveness and fragility, one was struck with the peculiar beauty of his head and forehead, rising disproportionately high over his small wrinkly visage and gentle deep-set eyes." De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars Out of her diminutiveness, out of her leanness, out of her extraordinary litheness, little Eve Edgarton stared up speculatively at Barton's great hulking helplessness. Little Eve Edgarton If petty larceny be his offence, I exhort you, do not confound meanness of crime with diminutiveness of stature. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 It was not a dangerous-looking affair, to be sure, with its filmy lace edging and ridiculous diminutiveness. The Alaskan I like to fancy the fairy foot, round and pulpy, but small to diminutiveness, peeping from beneath the drapery that half conceals it, or moving in the mazes of the dance. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 572, October 20, 1832 It presented its side and gable to the public road; hence its apparent diminutiveness. Les Misérables She was seated on a sofa at the far end of the room when Seymour Michael was shown in, and the first thing that struck her was his diminutiveness. From One Generation to Another All affectations in writing should be avoided, such as sloping one's hand to the left, the use of flourishes, undue size in the characters, or a diminutiveness of the same to try eyesight and patience. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. "I do adore a mummy," she would say, "I am small enough in mind and body already, but it makes me feel inches smaller, and I like to measure my own diminutiveness." Dawn From his diminutiveness, he went by the name of Boat Plug among the seamen. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War "I have no doubt," said De Chauxville, "that mademoiselle's hands are firm, despite their diminutiveness." The Sowers Passers-by frequently glanced at it and thought it a nice little house whose amusing diminutiveness was a sort of attraction. The Head of the House of Coombe They belong to what is sometimes known as Micronesia, from the extreme diminutiveness of the land masses. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom The diminutiveness of the nurse-perambulators is the most surprising part of the performance. The Soul of the Far East Sand-martins differ from their congeners in the diminutiveness of their size, and in their colour, which is what is usually called a mouse-colour. The Natural History of Selborne |
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