as in diminutive
of a size that is less than average
a dwarfish people living deep in the rain forest
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Adjective
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Rather, when Labor Day Weekend ended, the man leading the league in that category was Corbin Carroll, the diminutive (by baseball standards) right fielder playing for the underwhelming Arizona Diamondbacks.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
However, the diminutive blue Smurfs took over as Smurfs’ Enchanted Voyage in 1984.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Aalo expects to complete construction and reach criticality by July 4, 2026, a timeline the company says demonstrates the speed at which small, modular nuclear reactors can be deployed.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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Snap up travel essentials, comfy pajamas, small kitchen must-haves, and more gems.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Seattle did very little to silence those critics in Week 1.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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He was joined by little bro Jason, who's younger than him by 13 months.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Other recent surveys have started to find small satellite galaxies orbiting isolated dwarf galaxies.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The team also discovered two more new species of dwarf gecko: Lygodactylus arnei and Lygodactylus andavambato.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Dwarfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwarfish. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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