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smalls

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /sm??lz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /sm?lz/
  • (cotcaught merger) IPA(key): /sm?lz/
  • Rhymes: -??lz

Etymology 1

From small.

Noun

smalls pl (plural only)

  1. (Britain, Australia, informal) Underwear.
  2. Small goods.
  3. (Oxford University slang, dated) The preliminary examination for a degree.
  4. (informal) Short for small ads.
    • 1957, Morton J. A. McDonald, How to Use Classified Advertising to Sell More Real Estate (page 21)
      Provincial English papers still carry their “smalls” — want ads — on the first page.
Synonyms
  • (underwear): undies, unmentionables; see also Thesaurus:underwear
  • (preliminary examination): little go, responsions

Etymology 2

Noun

smalls

  1. plural of small

Verb

smalls

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of small

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smally

English

Etymology

small +? -ly

Adverb

smally (comparative more smally, superlative most smally)

  1. (rare) In a small way.

Anagrams

  • Mallys, myalls

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