smaller Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite small or little relative to something else
   littler.
   
2. adjective limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
   small; little.
   
   • a little dining room
   • a little house
   • a small car
   • a little (or small) group
3. adjective satellite limited in size or scope
   pocket-size; pocket-sized; modest; small; minor; small-scale.
   
   • a small business
   • a newspaper with a modest circulation
   • small-scale plans
   • a pocket-size country
4. adjective satellite (of children and animals) young, immature
   small; little.
   
   • what a big little boy you are
   • small children
5. adjective satellite slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
   small.
   
   • a series of death struggles with small time in between
6. adjective satellite low or inferior in station or quality
   small; modest; humble; low; lowly.
   
   • a humble cottage
   • a lowly parish priest
   • a modest man of the people
   • small beginnings
7. adjective satellite lowercase
   small; little; minuscule.
   
   • little a
   • small a
   • e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
8. adjective satellite (of a voice) faint
   small; little.
   
   • a little voice
   • a still small voice
9. adjective satellite have fine or very small constituent particles
   small.
   
   • a small misty rain
10. adjective satellite not large but sufficient in size or amount
    small; modest.
    
    • a modest salary
    • modest inflation
    • helped in my own small way
11. adjective satellite made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
    belittled; small; diminished.
    
    • her comments made me feel small

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