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Definition of Small
Small Small Small, adv.
1. In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little;
slightly. [Obs.] ``I wept but small.' --Chaucer. ``It
small avails my mood.' --Shak.
2. Not loudly; faintly; timidly. [Obs. or Humorous]
You may speak as small as you will. --Shak.
Small Small Small, n.
1. The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the
leg or of the back.
2. pl. Smallclothes. [Colloq.] --Hood. Dickens.
3. pl. Same as Little go. See under Little, a.
Small Small Small, v. t.
To make little or less. [Obs.]
Small Small Small (sm[add]l), a. [Compar. Smaller; superl.
Smallest.] [OE. small, AS. sm[ae]l; akin to D. smal narrow,
OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal,
Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats;
cf. Gr. mh^lon a sheep or goat.]
1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same
kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large
or extended in dimension; not great; not much;
inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.
To compare Great things with small. --Milton.
2. Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or
importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a
small fault; a small business.
3. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; --
sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.
A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of
interesting the greatest man. --Carlyle.
