tiny
very small
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,253 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,777 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- very small also: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, flyspeck diminutive in staturea lilliputian chest of drawers
tiny in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The man appeared tiny around the upper bend, momently growing larger as he approached.
The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1
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And there was a tiny little red thing moving in the garden, no bigger than a fly.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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A tiny Christmas tree stood on a table in a corner, glistening with lights and multicoloured paper festoons.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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It was smooth and black and white, and at one end it was very sharp with a tiny little barb.
The Adventures of Prickly Porky · Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess · Chapter 1
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This boy went into his tiny bedroom and threw himself down with his face in his pillow and lay still.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1