1. the fact of being not important or not powerful
   • ● We are aware of our littleness in the scheme of things.
   Antonym : greatness (1)

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2. the fact of being too concerned about things that are not important and unable to understand the things that are
   • ● the littleness of his mind
3. the quality of being small or smaller than others
   • ● the littleness of her hands and feet
   Littleness in this meaning is very rare ; it is much more usual to talk about the small size of something than its ‘littleness’.

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