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  • Mademoiselle Reisz, being exceedingly diminutive, was elevated upon cushions, as small children are sometimes hoisted at table upon bulky volumes.  (source)
  • fat cooks, and diminutive apprentices  (source)
  • I was then sure that you reflected upon the diminutive figure of Chantilly.  (source)
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  • She had slipped effortlessly into addressing him by an affectionate diminutive.†  (source)
    diminutive = very small
  • An "exchange of words" was something of a polite diminution of the facts.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • It was the fashion then for women like Winifred to favour diminutives that made them sound like youths: Billie, Bobbie, Willie, Charlie.†  (source)
  • But it was not her diminutiveness that left the strongest impression on me; rather, it was a quality of beleaguered delicacy, as though her spirit had endured the same heedless inattention as her garden.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • This a good deal soured the captain's temper, as did all the other daily instances of Mr Allworthy's generosity; for he looked on all such largesses to be diminutions of his own wealth.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
  • The diminutive Cilka stands beside Schwarzhuber.†  (source)
  • WE ARE TOLD, THAT THE SUBJECTION OF AMERICANS MAY TEND TO THE DIMINUTION OF OUR OWN LIBERTIES; ... HOW IS IT THAT WE HEAR THE LOUDEST YELPS FOR LIBERTY AMONG THE DRIVERS OF NEGROES?†  (source)
  • And the world of diminutives closed in again on us.†  (source)
  • It presented its side and gable to the public road; hence its apparent diminutiveness.†  (source)
  • By the end of the afternoon, when the spoils were handed out, Liesel and Rudy were given one diminutive apple between them.†  (source)
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