smallish
Example Sentences
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This crew - smallish in number but sufficiently large to assault the eardrums of the management and players - are an odd bunch.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Where others in the segment are biggish, it is smallish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
A smallish example is water companies in the United Kingdom, where years of strong performance masked budding problems with pollution and customer dissatisfaction.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
His smallish 5-foot-9, 170-pound frame clearly belies his stature.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2024
He moved over to the window: a smallish, frail figure, the meagemess of his body merely emphasized by the blue overalls which were the uniform of the Party.
From "1984" by George Orwell
