Hello, fellas! What are you doing? Do you know that there are some other words to express ‘little?’
- Tiny (adj). Meaning: extremely small
- Example:
- “The glass shattered into a thousand tiny pieces.”
- Example:
- Teeny (adj). Meaning: informal expression of tiny.
- Example:
- “Just a teeny slice of cake for me, please.”
- Example:
- Diminutive (adj). Meaning: notably small.
- Example:
- “Ant-man is such a diminutive figure, less than two feet tall.”
- Example:
- Microscopic (adj).:Meaning very small and only able to be seen with a microscope.
- Example:
- “He photographed every aspect of the object in microscopic detail.”
- Example:
- Petite (adj). Meaning: small in size.
- Example:
- “She was small and petite with long blonde hair.”
- Example:
- Slight (adj). Meaning: small in amount
- Example:
- “There’s a slight chance of rain.”
- Example:
- Wee (adj).:Meaning: small, little (informal word use by mainly Scottish people)
- Example:
- “The wizard reached out, caught the wee creature in his hand”
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- Minuscule (adj).. Meaning: rather less, rather small.
- Example:
- “The new chemical substance is harmless in such minuscule amounts.”
- Example:
That’s all for today, fellas! See you on another session!
Compiled and written by @anhtiss at @EnglishTips4U on Saturday, September 23, 2017.
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