tiny
very small; minute; wee.
Origin of tiny
1Other words for tiny
Other words from tiny
- ti·ni·ly, adverb
- ti·ni·ness, noun
Words Nearby tiny
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How to use tiny in a sentence
Thinning and prescribed burns both generally cover around tens of thousands of acres per year, a tiny fraction of what the Little Hoover Commission recommended.
Suppressing fires has failed. Here’s what California needs to do instead. | James Temple | September 17, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewKurtz and Franz found that tiny crustaceans called copepods got better at warding off parasitic tapeworm larvae with repeated exposure — but the results were inconsistent.
‘Trained Immunity’ Offers Hope in Fight Against Coronavirus | Esther Landhuis | September 14, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThese tiny marine snails, or thecosomes, migrate up to surface waters at night to feed and sink to deeper waters during the day to hide from predators.
Sea butterflies’ shells determine how the snails swim | Maria Temming | September 8, 2020 | Science NewsEvery time you rip those muscles, tiny bone molecules build up.
Women like Mulan didn’t need to go to war in disguise | Bethany Brookshire | September 4, 2020 | Science News For StudentsHowever on the publisher side, it seems we’re looking at an even higher concentration of ad spending with a tiny number of companies.
Traditional media suffer as digital ad spend grows in 2020 forecast shows | Greg Sterling | September 2, 2020 | Search Engine Land
Mr. Bachner found it by wandering through the market and identified a craftsmen here who works in a tiny booth.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech | Liza Foreman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was in a tiny dark overheated little bar called Niagara, and three women read before me, younger and one not so much younger.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination | Mindy Farabee | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTwin girls, Greta and Grace, run around the floor in circles, wearing pink playsuits with tiny pink wings attached.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda | Ruth Michaelson | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBob Cratchit, the clerk who is the father of tiny Tim and who meekly serves Scrooge, is paid fifteen shillings a week.
Civilians left flowers as well as a tiny frosted Christmas tree that had two red ornaments.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops | Michael Daly | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe thrust his tiny tuft of beard between his teeth—a trick he had when perplexed or thoughtful.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe tiny frown reappeared between her eyes, lingered a trifle longer than before, and vanished.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe sudden pall of darkness in this strange house of mystery was just a tiny bit awesome.
The Boarded-Up House | Augusta Huiell SeamanThis tiny person spent little or none of his time in the tree-tops, but chose to stay near the ground.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyOne of the first out-goings of admiration towards form is the child's praise of "tiny" things.
Children's Ways | James Sully
British Dictionary definitions for tiny
/ (ˈtaɪnɪ) /
very small; minute
Origin of tiny
1Derived forms of tiny
- tinily, adverb
- tininess, noun
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