as in tiny
very small in size
a little bitty kitten that I could hold in my hand
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Recent Examples of bitty
But whole, giant ecosystems are within those little, itty bitty things.
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Outside Online, 20 Aug. 2025
Andrew Stewart said one of his favorite things about having such a wide range of cars, from itty bitty Italian sports cars like Lamborghinis to tricked out high horsepower SUVs, is the ability to take a different car for a spin every day.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
Seb Stafford-Bloor Bundesliga Team of the Season A tricky selection, because this has been a very bitty Bundesliga season, and many of the players included here have played well during rich periods, rather than across the whole thing.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Everything was unsettled and bitty.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
They were huddled together, at least five of them, their bitty heads clustered and their bodies pressing against each other.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
Lithgow returned as the Trinity Killer in New Blood albeit for a bitty part leaving fans hungry for more.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
This product was—drum roll, please—an itty, bitty, teeny, tiny camera.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
Outside Online, 20 Aug. 2025
Andrew Stewart said one of his favorite things about having such a wide range of cars, from itty bitty Italian sports cars like Lamborghinis to tricked out high horsepower SUVs, is the ability to take a different car for a spin every day.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
Seb Stafford-Bloor Bundesliga Team of the Season A tricky selection, because this has been a very bitty Bundesliga season, and many of the players included here have played well during rich periods, rather than across the whole thing.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Everything was unsettled and bitty.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
They were huddled together, at least five of them, their bitty heads clustered and their bodies pressing against each other.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
Lithgow returned as the Trinity Killer in New Blood albeit for a bitty part leaving fans hungry for more.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
This product was—drum roll, please—an itty, bitty, teeny, tiny camera.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitty
Adjective
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When the tiny home arrives, a semi-permanent setup is as easy as leveling the surface, hooking up utilities, and anchoring the home, if desired, which can be accomplished with the help of the builder’s team.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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Every day is a new chance to accurately fix the coördinates of my appearance in clothes, to make tiny adjustments, as if focussing a lens.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Hickey glanced at her daughter’s trove, then at the store’s dense, minuscule universe.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Sep. 2025
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In recent weeks, the weekly take was dropping to the $500,000 range, then $400,000 and then last week’s gross was a minuscule $380,052.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Bitty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitty. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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