SMALL

small

1. [Adjective]: too small to be seen except under a microscope

2. [Adjective]: limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"; "a small voice"

3. [Noun]: a garment size for a small person

4. [Noun]: the slender part of the back

5. [Adverb]: on a small scale; "think small"

6. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

7. not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

8. low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"

9. made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small"

10. limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"

11. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings''s poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

12. not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"

13. have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain"

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