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small
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[ adjective ] limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Synonyms Examples "a little dining room" "a little house" "a small car" "a little (or small) group" a small voice" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)The brush moves up_and_down and is small enough to clean every dental surface , including the back of the teeth . The unit consists_of a small motor that goes_on as_soon_as it is plugged_in . In_addition , it is small enough to get_into crevices , jacket and crown margins , malposed anteriors , and the back_teeth . The gap between the bookshelf and the record cabinet grows smaller with each new recording catalogue . ("Editorials"...)If Nikita buys a small plot in some modest rural cemetery , everyone will understand . |
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[ adjective ] limited in size or scope
Synonyms Examples "a small business" "a newspaper with a modest circulation" "small-scale plans" "a pocket-size country" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)In_spite_of the increase in numbers and prestige brought_about by the conversions of Newman and other Tractarians of the 1840 's and 1850 's , the Catholic segment of England one_hundred years ago was a very small one ( four per_cent , or 800000 ) which did not enjoy a gracious hearing from the general public . Now , in 1961 , the Catholic population of England is still quite small ( ten per_cent , or 5 million ) ; yet it represents a very considerable percentage of the churchgoing population . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)La^utner , for his part , `` belonged_to the present-day race of small artists , who do not demand the utmost of themselves '' , and the bitter description of the type includes such epithets as `` wretched little poseurs '' , the devastating indictment `` they do not know how to be wretched decently and in_order '' , and the somewhat extreme prophecy , so_far not fulfilled : `` They will be destroyed '' . (M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)The latter procedure gave_rise to a small active protein peak ( Region 1a ) between Regions 1 and 2 . (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)Some of the sinusoids contained large_numbers of nucleated red_cells , and cells of the granulocytic series were found in small numbers . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] low or inferior in station or quality
Examples "a humble cottage" "a lowly parish priest" "a modest man of the people" "small beginnings" Used in print (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)Claire felt suddenly small and cheap , heroine of a trivial episode in the voluminous history of Don_Juan . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
Synonyms Examples "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat" "peanut politicians" Used in print (The Department of State: A Fresh Look at the...)Dozens of seemingly small matters go_wrong all_over the world . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not fully grown
Synonyms Examples "what a big little boy you are" "small children" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)But fathers often addressed communications to their small children ; and these , full of homely advice , are among the most human and revealing of Civil_War letters . (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)A woman with a small boy slipped in between them . (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)I mean something more like Freud 's concept of the utility of `` play '' to a small child : he plays `` house '' or `` doctor '' or `` fireman '' as a way of mastering slightly frightening experiences , reliving them imaginatively until they are under control . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] too small to be seen except under a microscope
Synonyms Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)These groups have varied widely from mere families , primitive , totemic groups , and small modern cults and sects , to the memberships of great denominations , and great , widely dispersed world religions . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
Synonyms Examples "her comments made me feel small" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] lowercase
Examples "little a" "small a" "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)( Small wonder a Spokane jury awarded the husband $ 35823 for his wife 's death . ) Related terms |
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[ adjective ] contemptibly narrow in outlook
Synonyms Examples "petty little comments" "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 556
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[ adjective ] have fine or very small constituent particles
Examples "a small misty rain" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (clothing) a garment size for a small person
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