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Smallish
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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World English Dictionary
| small (smɔːl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | comparatively little; limited in size, number, importance, etc |
| 2. | of little importance or on a minor scale: a small business |
| 3. | lacking in moral or mental breadth or depth: a small mind |
| 4. | modest or humble: small beginnings |
| 5. | of low or inferior status, esp socially |
| 6. | (of a child or animal) young; not mature |
| 7. | unimportant, trivial: a small matter |
| 8. | not outstanding: a small actor |
| 9. | Compare capital See also lower case of, relating to, or designating the ordinary modern minuscule letter used in printing and cursive writing |
| 10. | lacking great strength or force: a small effort |
| 11. | in fine particles: small gravel |
| 12. | obsolete (of beer, etc) of low alcoholic strength |
| —adv | |
| 13. | into small pieces: you have to cut it small |
| 14. | in a small or soft manner |
| 15. | feel small to be humiliated or inferior |
| —n | |
| 16. | the small an object, person, or group considered to be small: do you want the small or the large? |
| 17. | a small slender part, esp of the back |
| 18. | informal chiefly (Brit) (plural) items of personal laundry, such as underwear |
| [Old English smæl; related to Old High German smal, Old Norse smali small cattle] | |
| 'smallish | |
| —adj | |
| 'smallness | |
| —n | |
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