Smallish

adj

adj ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Somewhat small.

    "Quite a few minutes would be spun out, for instance, at the smallish town of Chirk, but to me the dalliance was generally worthwhile, except in wet weather, because of the increasing beauty of the wooded hill scenery thereabouts."

Adjective
  1. 1
    rather small wordnet

Example

More examples

"Quite a few minutes would be spun out, for instance, at the smallish town of Chirk, but to me the dalliance was generally worthwhile, except in wet weather, because of the increasing beauty of the wooded hill scenery thereabouts."

Etymology

From Middle English smalish, equivalent to small + -ish.

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