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tiny
English
Alternative forms
- tyny (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English tine, tyne (“very small”) + -y. Perhaps from tine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta?ni/
- Rhymes: -a?ni
Adjective
tiny (comparative tinier, superlative tiniest)
- Very small.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:tiny
Antonyms
- huge
- great
Derived terms
- tininess
- tinily
Translations
Noun
tiny (plural tinies)
- A small child; an infant.
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 28:
- ‘You know I loved your husband like a brother, and you know I've loved you and Sylvia ever since she was a tiny.’
- 1982, Young children in China (page 84)
- The lessons we saw have been well suited to the age of the children as regards music, singing and moving (and stories about animals for the tinies and more abstract themes for the older children).
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 28:
- Anything very small.
Translations
Anagrams
- tiyn
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tininess
English
Etymology
From tiny +? -ness.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t??nin?s/
Noun
tininess (usually uncountable, plural tininesses)
- The property of being tiny; minuteness.
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 78:
- He himself seemed to have shrunk to the tininess of the insect he had watched at the foot of the larch […]
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 78:
Translations
Anagrams
- sinniest
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