MINUTE, MINUTELY, MINUTENESS (small)
ADJECTIVES
► ATOMIC like atoms in size; minute, tiny → 1809
► DEARY small, minute, little, undersized, puny → 1691 Eng. dial.
► DEARY LITTLE small, minute, little, undersized, puny → 1790 Eng. dial.
► DIMINUTE diminutive, minute, small → 1611
► EXIGUOUS scant in measure or number; extremely small, little, diminutive, minute, slender → 1651
► FLISKY minute, small; of rain: fine, drizzling → 19C Eng. dial.
► MINKIE minute, small → 1892 Sc.
► MYRIADTH representing or constituting a very minute fraction of the whole → 1824
► PILULOUS like a pill in size; small, insignificant, minute, trifling → 1872
► PUNCTICULAR of the size or appearance of a small point or dot; minute, tiny → 1658 obs.
► TEENTY very small or tiny, minute → 1812 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► TINTSY-WINTSY minute, tiny, very small → 1901 Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
► INCH-SMALL inch by inch, little by little, minutely → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SMALLUM in small pieces or quantities; minutely → a1000 obs.
► TIGHTLY thoroughly, closely; minutely → 1883 Sc.
NOUNS
► ACE a single point, a minute portion; a jot, a particle, an atom → 1528
► HILUM something very minute → 1659 obs.
► MIDGY’S EE a minute thing → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEEDLE’S EYE a minute opening or space → 1579
► PARVITUDE 1. an absolutely small or minute thing → 1653 obs.
2. littleness, smallness, minuteness → 1657
► PARVITY littleness, smallness, minuteness → 1620 obs.
► PIMPLE IN A BENT something minute, small, or trivial → 1580 colloq.
► PRICK a minute part, particle, or quantity of something; a jot → a1000 obs.
► PRICKLE a small mark or written character; an iota; a minute fraction, part, or particle → a1000 obs.
► TITTLE the smallest or a very small part of something; a minute amount → c1400
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