N. littleness, smallness,
exiguity, inextension,
parvitude,
parvity,
duodecimo, elzevir edition,
epitome,
microcosm,
rudiment, vanishing point,
thinness,
dwarf,
pygmy,
pigmy, liliputian,
chit,
pigwidgeon,
urchin,
elf,
atomy,
dandiprat,
doll,
puppet, tom thumb, hop-o'-my- thumb,
manikin, mannikin,
homunculus,
dapperling, cock-sparrow,
animalcule,
monad,
mite, insect,
emmet, fly,
midge,
gnat,
shrimp,
minnow, worm,
maggot,
entozoon,
bacteria,
infusoria,
microzoa,
phytozoaria,
microbe,
grub,
tit,
tomtit,
runt,
mouse, small fry, millet seed, mustard seed,
barleycorn,
pebble, grain of sand,
molehill,
button,
bubble, point,
atom, fragment, powder, point of a pin, mathematical point,
minutiae,
micrometer,
vernier, scale,
microphotography,
photomicrography,
micrography,
photomicrograph,
microphotograph,
microscopy, microscope (optical instruments) 445
V. be little, lie in a nutshell, become small, (contract) 195
Adj. little, small, minute,
diminutive,
microscopic, microzoal, inconsiderable,
exiguous,
puny,
tiny,
wee, petty,
minikin,
miniature,
pygmy,
pigmy,
elfin, undersized,
dwarf,
dwarfed,
dwarfish,
spare,
stunted, limited,
cramp,
cramped,
pollard, liliputian,
dapper,
pocket,
portative, portable,
duodecimo,
dumpy,
squat, short,
impalpable,
intangible,
evanescent,
imperceptible, invisible,
inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable,
trivial,
infinitesimal,
homoeopathic,
atomic, subatomic,
corpuscular, molecular, rudimentary,
rudimental,
embryonic,
vestigial, weazen|,
scant,
scraggy,
scrubby, thin, granular,
shrunk,
brevipennate Adv. in a small compass, in a nutshell, on a small scale, minutely,
microscopically N. narrowness, closeness,
exility, exiguity 7c, (little) 193, line, hair's breadth, finger's breadth, strip,
streak, vein, monolayer, epitaxial deposition,
thinness,
tenuity,
emaciation,
macilency, marcor|,
shaving, slip, thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy,
spindleshanks, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone, middle constriction,
stricture, neck,
waist,
isthmus,
wasp,
hourglass, ridge,
ghaut,
ghat, pass,
ravine, narrowing,
coarctation,
angustation,
tapering, contraction
V. be narrow, narrow,
taper, contract, render narrow, waste away
Adj. narrow, close, slender, thin, fine, thread-like,
finespun,
gossamer, paper-thin,
taper,
slim, slight-made,
scant, scanty,
spare, delicate,
incapacious, contracted, unexpanded &c. (expand ), slender as a thread,
emaciated,
lean,
meager,
gaunt,
macilent,
lank,
lanky,
weedy,
skinny, scrawny slinky,
starved,
starveling, herring gutted, worn to a shadow, lean as a rake, thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer, hatchet-faced,
lantern-jawed,
attenuated,
shriveled,
extenuated,
tabid, marcid|,
barebone,
rawboned, monomolecular
