diminutive

Hundreds of thousands of tourists a year flock to viewing areas and boardwalks to watch the diminutive sea birds waddle ashore and along the beach in the evenings on the eastern coast's Phillip Island.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

This was very much Diego Maradona's tournament, even if for most of the final Lothar Matthaus attempted to stick to the diminutive Argentine like a sweat-drenched polyester jersey in the Azteca heat.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Despite the movie’s theoretical scope, its execution is painfully and frustratingly diminutive.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

At one point these diminutive, muttering, bewhiskered mechanics accompany Grogu on a side quest, piling into a bitty space ship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Not only were these colts strange-looking, shaggy, and awkward, but aside from the slight difference in their mutually diminutive heights— Grog was a hair shorter—they were identical.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Miden is a fictional island where “there are no longer any diminutives or pet names,” Raimo writes.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2019

There is no mother’s care for the hatchlings, which will emerge as dark-toned diminutives in about 50 days, facing astronomical odds against survival.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2018

But there’s no question the current setup treats them as diminutives, even while celebrating their “stories.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2016

Looking back over any chart of British naming trends and you'll see there's been a mania for diminutives in the past two decades.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2013

After her defiance of the overseer, they called her Harriet, because the pet names, the diminutives, were no longer fitting for a girl who had displayed such courage.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry