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petite

adjective as in small

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A petite, blond mother of four, Johnson found herself deeply upset by the children, touching them as she passed and handing out pieces of protein bars and fruit she carried in her bag, Ziesing remembers.

In his archives, Francis found a petite high heel shoe last roughly the length of his hand.

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She said: "She was just so petite, very tiny and she'd just sit in a little chair."

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"Physically, how would I describe her? She's very pretty, very petite and always well turned out."

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"I'm quite petite myself. They said he would have been big for me."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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