Thesaurus / small-scale
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On a small scale map, in an office, you may make mole-hills of mountains; on the ground there's no escaping from its features.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONThis indeed does happen constantly on a small scale in the familiar phenomenon of over-production.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKAnd probably you would continue to let sections of it to men that wanted to raise cattle or horses on a small scale.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONThey like things on a small scale and know how to wring a dollar out of every five-cent piece.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONAs the French farms are usually on a small scale, they are invariably kept cleaner than those in England and America.
TRAVELS THROUGH THE SOUTH OF FRANCE AND THE INTERIOR OF PROVINCES OF PROVENCE AND LANGUEDOC IN THE YEARS 1807 AND 1808LT-COL. PINKNEYAs early as 1785 there had been two societies carrying on something like civil war on a small scale in the north.
IS ULSTER RIGHT?ANONYMOUSMy lady was even then looking forward to the time when, on a small scale or a large one, she would have to do these things.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EVIDENCEOLIVER ONIONSThere is a very small scale, or leaf, over it to protect it from those insects who have no right to the honey.
EVERY GIRL'S BOOKGEORGE F. BUTLEROn a review of the cathedral we find in the aisles thirteenth-century work, on a small scale, in its perfection.
BELL'S CATHEDRALS: THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CARLISLEC. KING ELEYBoth are very ingenious, and were successful on a small scale, but failed when tried in actual working.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 299VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO SMALL-SCALE
- baby
- bantam
- bitty
- cramped
- diminutive
- humble
- immature
- inadequate
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- insufficient
- limited
- little
- meager
- microscopic
- mini
- miniature
- minuscule
- minute
- modest
- narrow
- paltry
- petite
- petty
- picayune
- piddling
- pint-sized
- pitiful
- pocket-sized
- poor
- puny
- runty
- scanty
- scrubby
- short
- shrimp
- slight
- small-scale
- stunted
- teensy
- teeny
- toy
- trifling
- trivial
- undersized
- unpretentious
- wee
- young
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