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Definition of Dwindling

1. Adjective. Gradually decreasing until little remains.

2. Noun. A becoming gradually less. "There is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"

Definition of Dwindling

1. Verb. (present participle of dwindle) ¹

2. Adjective. that is declining ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dwindling

1. dwindle [v] - See also: dwindle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwindling

dwelt dweomer dweomercraft dwere dwi- dwile dwile flonking dwiles dwimmer dwimmers

dwindle dwindle away dwindle down dwindled dwindles dwindling (current term) dwindling away dwine dwined dwines

dwining dword dwords dwornikite dwual dy-no-mite dyable dyad dyad symmetry element dyad symmetry of DNA

Literary usage of Dwindling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"CHAPTER XXVII A dwindling ISLAND AMOS GREEN was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing ..."

2. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1904)
"... may be dwindling- seen in the criticism of Macaulay's great ... compare both with the admitted instances of dwindling literary interest—not critical but ..."

3. Railroads, Rates and Regulation by William Zebina Ripley (1912)
"Attempted rejuvenation of the long and short haul clause, 483. — The Savannah Naval Stores case, 484. — The dwindling record of complaints, 485. ..."

4. The Journal of the Rev. Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal by Francis Asbury (1821)
"... the rich Holstein-Valley : I feel for their state—they are settled, and dwindling. I have been happy in my own soul, and have gained bodily strength. ..."

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