ti ‧ ny S2 W2 /ˈtaɪni/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative tinier , superlative tiniest )
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: tine 'very small' (15-17 centuries) ]
extremely small:
a tiny community in the Midwest
The earrings were tiny.
a tiny little baby
She always felt a tiny bit sad.
Bad teachers are a tiny minority.
tiny pieces of paper
• • •
THESAURUS
■ very small
▪ tiny very small – used about objects, numbers, or amounts:
a tiny island
|
Dairy foods provide your body with a tiny amount of vitamin D.
▪ teeny informal very small - used for emphasis:
I'll just have a teeny bit of cream.
|
There's just one teeny little problem.
|
a teeny little house
▪ minute extremely small and extremely difficult to see or notice:
They found minute traces of poison in his body.
|
The differences are minute.
|
minute creatures
▪ miniature a miniature camera, watch, railway etc is made in a very small size. A miniature horse, dog etc is bred to be a very small size:
The spy used a miniature camera.
|
the fashion for miniature pets
▪ microscopic extremely small and impossible to see without special equipment:
microscopic organisms
|
microscopic particles of dust
▪ minuscule /ˈmɪnəskjuːl, ˈmɪnɪskjuːl/ extremely small in a surprising way:
She was wearing a minuscule bikini.
|
The threat from terrorism is minuscule compared to other risks in our lives.
▪ itty-bitty/itsy-bitsy [only before noun] American English informal very small:
An itty-bitty little bug crawled across his forehead.
|
We stayed at some itty-bitty hotel in a back street.