smallish

small

 (smôl)

adj. small·er, small·est

1.

a. Being below average in size: a small car.

b. Being below average in quantity or extent: a small donation; a small project.

2. Limited in importance or significance; trivial: a small matter.

3. Having limited position, influence, or status; minor: "A crowd of small writers had vainly attempted to rival Addison" (Thomas Macaulay).

4. Unpretentious; modest: made a small living; helped the cause in my own small way.

5. Not fully grown; very young: a small child.

6. Narrow in outlook; petty: a small mind.

7. Having been belittled; humiliated: Their comments made me feel small.

8. Diluted; weak. Used of alcoholic beverages.

9. Lacking force or volume: a small voice.

10. Lowercase: Type the password in small letters.

adv.

1. In small pieces: Cut the meat up small.

2. Without loudness or forcefulness; softly.

3. In a small manner.

n.

1. A part that is smaller or narrower than the rest: the small of the back.

2. smalls

a. Small things considered as a group.

b. Chiefly British Small items of clothing.

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[Middle English smal, from Old English smæl.]

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small′ish adj.

small′ness n.

Synonyms: small, diminutive, little, miniature, minuscule, minute², petite, tiny, wee¹
These adjectives mean being notably below the average in size or magnitude: a small house; diminutive in stature; little hands; a miniature camera; a minuscule amount of rain; minute errors; a petite figure; tiny feet; a wee puppy.

Antonym: large

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

smallish - rather small little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

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smallish

adjective

Notably below average in amount, size, or scope:

bantam, little, petite, small.

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Translations

smallish

[ˈsmɔːlɪʃ] ADJ → más bien pequeño, más bien chico

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

smallish

[ˈsmɔːlɪʃ] adj → plutôt petit(e), assez petit(e)small-minded [ˌsmɔːlˈmaɪndɪd] adj [person] → à l'esprit étroit
their small-minded attitude → leur étroitesse d'espritsmall-mindedness [ˌsmɔːlˈmaɪndɪdnɪs] n → étroitesse f d'esprit

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

smallish

adj → (eher) kleiner; he is smallish → er ist eher klein; a smallish number of something/people → eine geringe Anzahl an etw (dat) → /von Leuten

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

smallish

[ˈsmɔːlɪʃ] adj → piccolino/a

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