Smallish
adj
adj ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 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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