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81small — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. little, tiny, short, wee; dwarfish, undersized, stunted; lowercase; humble; minute, infinitesimal; dainty, petite; trivial, unimportant, petty, small minded; puny, slight, weak; mean, paltry,… …
82weak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. feeble (see weakness); faulty, unsatisfactory; uncertain, unsure, irresolute; watery, diluted, attenuated; faint, soft. See imperfection, uncertainty, cowardice, changeableness, softness. II (Roget… …
83little — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Small in size] Syn. diminutive, dwarfish, small, tiny, shrunk, atomic, wee, undersized, not big, not large, stunted, limited, cramped, wizened, scraggy, imperceptible, light, slight, microscopic, short, Lilliputian,… …
84measly — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. Sl. paltry, skimpy, meager, scanty, poor, puny, trifling. ANT.: large, substantial, generous II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Slang. Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent: exiguous, meager …
85native — [14] Native is one of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to the Latin verb nāscī. This meant ‘be born’, and was a descendant of the Indo European base *gen , *gn ‘produce’, which also gave English gene, general, generate, etc …
86mean — I v 1. intend, have in mind, have in heart, have in view; contemplate, think of, talk of, dream of; purpose, plan, have plans or intentions, expect; aspire to, hope to, aim to, drive at, strive for, work for, labor for, pursue. 2. meant for made… …
87minute — [adj1] very small atomic, diminutive, exact, exiguous, fine, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, invisible, little, microbic, microscopic, miniature, minim, minimal, minuscule, molecular, peewee*, piddling, precise, puny, slender, teeny …
88native — [14] Native is one of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to the Latin verb nāscī. This meant ‘be born’, and was a descendant of the Indo European base *gen , *gn ‘produce’, which also gave English gene, general, generate, etc …
89punily — adverb in a puny manner • Derived from adjective: ↑puny …
90puniness — noun 1. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous • Syn: ↑pettiness, ↑triviality, ↑slightness • Derivationally related forms: ↑puny, ↑trivial (for: ↑triviality), ↑ …
