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Adjective tiny has 1 sense
- tiny(s = adj.all) bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, petite - very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" Derived form noun tininess1
CIDE DICTIONARY
tiny, a. [Probably fr. tine, teen, trouble, distress, vexation.].
Very small; little; puny. [1913 Webster]
"When that I was and a little tiny boy."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
tiny, adj. (tinier, tiniest) very small or slight.
Derivative
tinily adv. tininess n.
Etymology
obs. tine, tyne (adj. & n.) small, a little: ME, of unkn. orig.
THESAURUS
tiny
Lilliputian, bantam, bitsy, bitty, cursory, dainty, delicate, depthless, diminutive, dwarf, dwarfish, elfin, few, fine, footling, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, lilliputian, little, low, meager, micro, microscopic, midget, mini, miniature, minikin, minim, minuscular, minuscule, minute, negligible, no great shakes, paltry, peewee, petite, petty, picayune, picayunish, pint-sized, pocket, pocket-size, pocket-sized, puny, pygmy, shallow, short, skin-deep, slight, small, superficial, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, trifling, trivial, wee, weenyROGET THESAURUS
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Littleness
N littleness, smallness, exiguity, inextension, parvitude, parvity, duodecimo, Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm, rudiment, vanishing point, thinness, dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf, atomy, dandiprat, doll, puppet, Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin, mannikin, homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow, animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon, bacteria, infusoria, microzoa, phytozoaria, microbe, grub, tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry, millet seed, mustard seed, barleycorn, pebble, grain of sand, molehill, button, bubble, point, atom, fragment, powder, point of a pin, mathematical point, minutiae, micrometer, vernier, scale, microphotography, photomicrography, micrography, photomicrograph, microphotograph, microscopy, microscope (optical instruments), little, small, minute, diminutive, microscopic, microzoal, inconsiderable, exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin, undersized, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, spare, stunted, limited, cramp, cramped, pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket, portative, portable, duodecimo, dumpy, squat, short, impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial, infinitesimal, homoeopathic, atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular, rudimentary, rudimental, embryonic, vestigial, weazen, scant, scraggy, scrubby, thin, granular, shrunk, brevipennate, in a small compass, in a nutshell, on a small scale, minutely, microscopically.
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