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diminutively
adverb
uk /dɪˈmɪn.jə.tɪv.li/ us /dɪˈmɪn.jə.t̬ɪv.li/
in a way that is very small:
He is small, but not diminutively so.
These diminutively flowered shrubs are two of the best evergreens for spring.
They are like chickens, except in diminutively exact scale.
The young artist's diminutively sized studio could not accommodate large sized canvases.
His diminutively scaled works have been long been appreciated by collectors worldwide.
The chip shop diminutively sits on the corner of the two main roads in the town.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Small
baby
bijou
bite-sized
claustrophobically
compactly
dwarf
midget
missy
modest
modestly
no/not enough room to swing a catidiom
on the large, small, etc. sideidiom
parsimonious
sampler
scaled-down
scrubby
shoe box
shrunken
skimpily
wee
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