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[ UK /smˈɔːl/ ]
[ US /ˈsmɔɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. relatively moderate, limited, or small
    a small business
    a pocket-size country
    small-scale plans
    a newspaper with a modest circulation
  2. (of children and animals) young, immature
    what a big little boy you are
    small children
  3. have fine or very small constituent particles
    a small misty rain
  4. not large but sufficient in size or amount
    modest inflation
    helped in my own small way
    a modest salary
  5. low or inferior in station or quality
    a humble cottage
    a modest man of the people
    a lowly parish priest
    small beginnings
  6. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
    a little dining room
    a small car
    a little house
    a little (or small) group
  7. made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
    her comments made me feel small
  8. (of a voice) faint
    a still small voice
    a little voice
  9. slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
    a series of death struggles with small time in between
  10. lowercase
    little a
    e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
    small a
NOUN
  1. the slender part of the back
  2. a garment size for a small person
ADVERB
  1. on a small scale
    think small

How To Use small In A Sentence

  • Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
  • A few fields have the remains of small sunken stone dwellings, intimate as those at Skara Brae.
  • Sometime in the early eighteen hundreds, they trekked to the flat plain between the Ohio River and Lake Erie and settled in Mount Vernon, which was then a few small buildings in a forest of tall trees. A Renegade History of the United States
  • Some lucky local with an open fire had determined the evening warranted a little extra cheer, more than the central heating could provide, and had lit a small blaze on his hearth.
  • Just before serving, prepare a few small cheese ravioli and place them in each bowl before you add the soup.
  • I think a lot of players from bigger clubs have spent time on loan at smaller clubs and it has really helped.
  • And those involved are pretty small: a few degrees between cooler land and warmer ocean at night, a few tens of degrees between tropics and poles. Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet
  • I usually sqirt a drop or two on the front and back of my boots, and a few drops on a wick around the stand. i never used the buck pee though. i have used a couple of tarsal glands from a buck that my friend killed. had small buck circle the tree i hung it from a couple times. When to use What deer pee?
  • The league was a little smaller, a little clubbier, and there was a lot more opportunity for one-on-one chats. Globe and Mail
  • The coulpe or peccavi, is made for a very small matter — a broken glass, a torn veil, an involuntary delay of a few seconds at an office, a false note in church, etc.; this suffices, and the coulpe is made. Les Miserables
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