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diminutive
synonyms for diminutive
- little
- mini
- miniature
- minuscule
- minute
- petite
- small
- tiny
- bantam
- Lilliputian
- peewee
- pint-sized
- wee
- bitsy
- bitty
- pocket-sized
- teensy
- teensy-weensy
- teeny
- teeny-weeny
- undersize
- weeny
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How to use diminutive in a sentence
With the future of their species at stake, three diminutive astronauts — Brittany, Alph, and Captain Charlie — set off in a treehouse-sized spaceship, hoping to filch every last piece of fruit they can find on PNF-404’s surface.
‘Pikmin 3 Deluxe’ loses some of its original charm | Michael Thomsen | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostHydrogen’s diminutive size lets electrons get closer to the nodes of the lattice, augmenting their interactions with the vibrations.
Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time | Charlie Wood | October 14, 2020 | Quanta MagazineIn 2011, scientists found the sculptors — the diminutive males of what was then a new species of Torquigener pufferfish.
Pufferfish may be carving mysterious ‘crop circles’ near Australia | Jake Buehler | October 13, 2020 | Science News
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87 | Verne Kopytoff | September 18, 2020 | FortuneFrom the diminutive Pathfinder rover back in 1997 to the twin sisters Spirit and Opportunity, and the still-roaming Curiosity—the effective older sibling of Perseverance in design and scale.
Take Our Virtual Trip to Mars - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Caleb Scharf | September 2, 2020 | NautilusHer style, much like her diminutive nickname, is best described as “Hamptons twee”—preppy and peppy.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze | Lizzie Crocker | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTTyrion, now on the lam for patricide by crossbow, is destined for an unknown foreign port like a diminutive Edward Snowden.
Valar Morghulis: Game of Thrones’ Women Are Going to Rule the World | Scott Bixby | June 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSimilar to the Space Shuttle in appearance, the diminutive X-37B is about a quarter the size of the old shuttles.
Will The Pentagon’s Secret Space Plane Ever Return to Earth? | Kyle Mizokami | April 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEdmund Morgan, 97 diminutive, almost elfin in appearance, he bestrode his field like a colossus.
The Deaths You Missed This Year | Malcolm Jones, Jimmy So, Michael Moynihan, Caitlin Dickson | December 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe diminutive history teacher turned soldier once said he learned his trade in the bush.
General Giap and the Myth of American Invincibility | James A. Warren | October 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA light-colored mulatto boy, in dress coat and bearing a diminutive silver tray for the reception of cards, admitted them.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinA very diminutive man, instructing his young son, told him if he neglected his learning he would never grow tall.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousIts diminutive size and its unpopularity, however, prevent its general culture in this country.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Yet this diminutive building served the needs of the place from the days of Edward VI.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperIts very diminutive stove stands near to its extremely small door, which is in close proximity to its unusually little window.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. Ballantyne
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