Definition of TINY

Examples of tiny in a Sentence

The computer chips were tiny.
He's from a tiny town that you've probably never heard of.
There's just one tiny little problem.
Aren't you even a tiny bit scared?

Recent Examples of tiny from the Web

The tiniest taste of a favorite flavor, in a patient who can tolerate it, might inspire memories of happier times.

— jessica zitter, chicagotribune.com, "An intensive care doctor advises how to soothe the senses of a dying loved one", 2 June 2017
The tiniest taste of a favorite flavor, in a patient who can tolerate it, might inspire memories of happier times.

— jessica zitter, chicagotribune.com, "An intensive care doctor advises how to soothe the senses of a dying loved one", 2 June 2017
Our apartment in Cambridge was built in 1961, part of an earlier wave of utopian interest in tiny affordable housing.

— gene tempest, New York Times, "What No One Ever Tells You About Tiny Homes", 2 June 2017
The tiniest taste of a favorite flavor, in a patient who can tolerate it, might inspire memories of happier times.

— jessica zitter, Washington Post, "An intensive care doctor advises how to soothe the senses of a dying loved one", 31 May 2017
A sequence where the pair sail in a tiny boat by themselves to London offers hilariously awkward exchanges as both try to understand how their respective societies should behave in this situation.

— jon niccum, kansascity, "They’re wonderful: Gal Gadot and Chris Pine come to the rescue in ‘Wonder Woman’", 31 May 2017
Seeing my peers proudly open up their lunch boxes to reveal a can of Sprite didn't even spark the tiniest bit of anger or jealously.

— spoon u, Teen Vogue, "What It’s Like to Never Drink Soda", 28 May 2017
The Copa del Rey final matches Barcelona's star power against a tiny Basque Country club whose biggest weapons are its grit and gnawing hunger for a taste of glory.

— drew champlin, AL.com, "Barcelona vs. Deportivo Alaves live stream: Watch Copa Del Rey final online", 27 May 2017
All the babies were born teeny-tiny, with the smallest one weighing just 1 pound 10 ounces at birth.

— elizabeth narins, Cosmopolitan, "This Woman Delivered Sextuplets After 17 Years of Trying to Get Pregnant", 26 May 2017

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Origin and Etymology of tiny

alteration of Middle English tine

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First Known Use: 1598

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tiny Synonyms

Synonym Discussion of tiny

small, little, diminutive, minute, tiny, miniature mean noticeably below average in size. small and little are often interchangeable, but small applies more to relative size determined by capacity, value, number. a relatively small backyard little is more absolute in implication often carrying the idea of petiteness, pettiness, insignificance, or immaturity. your pathetic little smile diminutive implies abnormal smallness. diminutive bonsai plants minute implies extreme smallness. a minute amount of caffeine in the soda tiny is an informal equivalent to minute . tiny cracks formed in the painting miniature applies to an exactly proportioned reproduction on a very small scale. a dollhouse with miniature furnishings

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