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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At the previous World Cup in 2022, hosted by tiny Qatar, all of England’s games were in Doha or just outside that city.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Nanotubes are ultra-small cylindrical structures, so tiny that thousands could fit across the width of a human hair.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The amount of space between garden soil particles is so minuscule that container plants struggle to send their roots into it and extract nutrients from it.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025
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Budgets for these projects are minuscule (generally, $100,000 to $300,000 per series), and platforms release a lot of them, experimenting to see what resonates with viewers.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Bitty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitty. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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