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small

/smoːl/
noun
  1. Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.

verb
  1. To make little or less.

  2. To become small; to dwindle.

adjective
  1. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.

    "A small group."

  2. Young, as a child.

    "Remember when the children were small?"

  3. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.

Synonymslittle, microscopic, minuscule, minute, tiny, lowercase
Antonymsbig, capital, generous, large, big, capital
adverb
  1. In a small fashion.

  2. In or into small pieces.

  3. To a small extent.

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