noun
- The slender part of the back.
- A garment size for a small person.
adjective
- Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
- usage: "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"
- synonyms: little
- Limited in size or scope.
- usage: "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"
- synonyms: minor, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
- Of children and animals. ( young, immature)
- usage: "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"
- synonyms: little
- Slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope.
- usage: "a series of death struggles with small time in between"
- Low or inferior in station or quality.
- usage: "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
- Lowercase.
- usage: "little a"; "small a"; "e. E. Cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
- Of a voice. ( faint)
- usage: "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
- synonyms: little
- Have fine or very small constituent particles.
- usage: "a small misty rain"
- Not large but sufficient in size or amount.
- usage: "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
- synonyms: modest
- Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth. )
- usage: "her comments made me feel small"
- synonyms: belittled, diminished
adverb
- On a small scale.
- usage: "think small"
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