Small
//smɔl//
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The word "small" can be used as adjective, adjective, noun, adverb, verb, proper noun and adverb.
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Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse Khitan small script Small Banisilan Small Flowery Miao Small Hythe Small Isles Small Kapataga Small Party of Good Boys Smallbone Smallman Smalltimore Smallville a small matter be thankful for small mercies besmall better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness big fish in a small pond big things come in small packages caps and small caps don't sweat the small stuff double small pica ensmallen extra extra extra small extra extra small extra small extra-small good things come in small packages in no small measure in no small part in small doses it's a small world locally small no small feat no small thing nonsmall oversmall play small programming in the small sing small small Solar System body small ad small ale small and early small and medium-sized enterprise small animal small appliance small arm small arms small ball small beer small bikkies small blind small block small blue small bowel small breasts small brown crow small business small calorie small cap small capital small capitals small caps small card small carpenter bee small carpetgrass small cat small category small change small chops small circle small claims court small clause small coal small copper small craft small crumbweed small cubicuboctahedron small d democrat small democrat small dick energy small dog syndrome small end small end of the wedge small fat small final small firm effect small fortune small forward small fry small game small goods small gross small hand small hat small heath small holding small hours small icosihemidodecahedron small if small interfering RNA small intestine small investor small l liberal small l libertarian small language model small leader small leaved lilly pilly small letter small liberal small libertarian small loop small man syndrome small minivet small miracle small molecule drug small nightshade small nuclear ribonucleoprotein small of the back small or medium-sized enterprise small packet small penis humiliation small penis syndrome small pica small plate small pock small potatoes small pox small press small print small r republican small rain lays great dust small reed small republican small room small saphenous vein small scale small screen small seal script small shellies small skipper small slam small stuff small talk small text small time small tortoiseshell small town small ubiquitin-related modifier small unmarked bills small white small wonder small words small world small, unmarked bills small-billed tinamou small-bore small-c conservative small-cap small-card small-cell carcinoma small-cell lung cancer small-d democrat small-dick energy small-eared dog small-eared galago small-flowered tonella small-grained small-l liberal small-l libertarian small-minded small-mindedly small-mindedness small-potatoes small-pox small-r republican small-reed small-scale small-scaled snake small-sized small-small small-spotted catshark small-talk small-talker small-ticket small-time small-timer small-toothed palm civet small-town small-towner small-townish small-townism small-world network small-world phenomenon small-worldness smallage smallball smallcapped smallclothes smallcoat smallcraft smallen smaller European elm bark beetle smallfolk smallgood smallgoods smallholder smallholding smallie smallify smallish smallmouth smallmouth bass smallmouth black bass smallness smallpox smalls smallsat smallsome smallsword smalltime smalltown smallware smally some small matter supersmall sweat the small stuff ultrasmall unmarked small bills unsmall wee small hour wee small hours what a small world writ small
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Tom Thumb bitty diddy diminutive dinky eensy-weensy eeny-weeny incy wincy infinitesimal itsy-bitsy itty-bitty lilliputian micro microscopic miniature minnow minuscule minute negligible puny short shrimpy teensy teensy-weensy teentsy teeny teeny-tiny teeny-weeny tiddly tiddy tinchy tinchy-winchy tiny titchy weensy weeny
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atomic bantam bittie bitty decreased diminutive dinky dwarfish elfin elflike fine fine flyspeck gnomish half-size immature inferior infinitesimal insignificant itsy-bitsy itty-bitty lesser lilliputian limited little little littler lowercase micro microscopic microscopical midget miniature miniscule minuscule minute moderate olive-sized petite pocket-size pocket-sized pocketable puny reduced runty shrimpy slender slight slim small-scale smaller smallish smol soft subatomic teensy teensy-weensy teentsy teeny teeny-weeny tiny undersize undersized wee weensy weeny young
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