Crossword-Solution: DIMINUTIVE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Diminutive | a. | Below the average size; very small; little. |
| Diminutive | a. | Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word. |
| Diminutive | a. | Tending to diminish. |
| Diminutive | n. | Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. |
| Diminutive | n. | A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin. |
We have 68 clues for the answer “DIMINUTIVE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Word that might end in -ie or -ling | 1 answer |
| duodecimo | 1 answer |
| runty | 7 answers |
| byname | 8 answers |
| appellative | 9 answers |
| exiguous | 9 answers |
| Infinitesimal | 17 answers |
| Elfin | 19 answers |
| pet name | 19 answers |
| inappreciable | 20 answers |
| Teeny | 21 answers |
| Mere | 27 answers |
| Minuscule | 27 answers |
| Nickname | 30 answers |
| Minimal | 31 answers |
| Inconsequential | 32 answers |
| homunculus | 33 answers |
| gnomish | 34 answers |
| Stubby | 35 answers |
| tom thumb | 35 answers |
| manikin | 36 answers |
| midget | 36 answers |
| Pygmy | 36 answers |
| truncated | 36 answers |
| Midge | 37 answers |
| Pint-size | 37 answers |
| unnoticeable | 37 answers |
| Very small | 37 answers |
| Runt | 38 answers |
| dwarfish | 38 answers |
| weeny | 39 answers |
| Petite ___ | 42 answers |
| ATROPHIED | 44 answers |
| Peewee | 45 answers |
| Miniature | 46 answers |
| momentary | 48 answers |
| Gnome | 48 answers |
| puny | 49 answers |
| Bantam? | 49 answers |
| Microscopic | 50 answers |
| Wee | 52 answers |
| Inconsiderable | 52 answers |
| Sparse | 52 answers |
| Dwarf | 53 answers |
| Dainty | 53 answers |
| Petty | 55 answers |
| Dwarfed. | 57 answers |
| Stunted | 57 answers |
| Underdeveloped | 59 answers |
| misshapen | 59 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ARTEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DIMINUTIVE (5)
She seemed tall, but the pail was a small one, and the hedge diminutive; hence, making allowance for error by comparison with these, she could have been not above the height to be chosen by women as best.
The lower strata of the middle class—the small tradespeople, shopkeepers, retired tradesmen generally, the handicraftsmen and peasants—all these sink gradually into the proletariat, partly because their diminutive capital does not suffice for the scale on which Modern Industry is carried on, and is swamped in the competition with the large capitalists, partly because their specialized skill is rendered worthless by the new methods of production.
That afternoon Phœbe found a diminutive egg,—not in the regular nest, it was far too precious to be trusted there,—but cunningly hidden under the currant-bushes, on some dry stalks of last year’s grass.
She had possession of the rocker, and she was busily engaged in sewing upon a diminutive pair of night-drawers.
But Roderick’s attitude before his patient little devotee was one of undisguised though friendly amusement; and, indeed, judged from a strictly plastic point of view, the poor fellow’s diminutive stature, his enormous mouth, his pimples and his yellow hair were sufficiently ridiculous.
Quotes with DIMINUTIVE (3)
Do not be so ridiculous, I can more easily find you someone else.” Gripping the bars of his prison so strongly that the bones of his knuckles showed prominently through his pale skin, the monster growled again, “I will have no other.” Nearing the end of his patience, Klaus demanded, “Why? Why are you being so impossible?” Turning to the diminutive creature beneath the blanket, he smiled nastily, his light red eyes gleaming, “Because he wants her.
Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that agreat deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all. De-accession euphemisms. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky. Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.
This afternoon, being on Fair Haven Hill, I heard the sound of a saw, and soon after from the Cliff saw two men sawing down a noble pine beneath, about forty rods off. I resolved to watch it till it fell, the last of a dozen or more which were left when the forest was cut and for fifteen years have waved in solitary majesty over the sprout-land. I saw them like beavers or insects gnawing at the trunk of this noble tree, the diminutive manikins with their cross-cut saw which c…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: New Yorker, WSJ.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2020–2023).