Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a diminishing manner; in a mannor to lessen; on a small scale.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a diminutive manner.
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- adverb In a
diminutive manner.
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Examples
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Glo sat sheepishly, diminutively, her feet hardly touching the ground.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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Soon, the latest diminutively monikered Londoner (following Dizzee, Tinchy, Chipmunk et al) was being noted for his tracks as much as his chutzpah.
Tinie Tempah: Disc-Overy Kitty Empire 2010
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I guess it was a situation known diminutively as “date rape” these days.
self defense Another Outspoken Female 2009
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Glo sat sheepishly, diminutively, her feet hardly touching the ground.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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I guess it was a situation known diminutively as “date rape” these days.
Archive 2009-05-01 Another Outspoken Female 2009
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A swirling band of long-tailed tits, so diminutively pretty, flitted through branches of the oaks before scudding off to a thicket of gorse.
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Male genitals were usually portrayed diminutively in classical art.
Doreen - III 2010
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The year 476, when the diminutively named Romulus Augustulus was deposed, became a conventional date for later writers of Rome's power ending in the West.
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The year 476, when the diminutively named Romulus Augustulus was deposed, became a conventional date for later writers of Rome's power ending in the West.
Greed, religious intolerance, misunderstood enemies: How Rome Fell 2009
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The year 476, when the diminutively named Romulus Augustulus was deposed, became a conventional date for later writers of Rome's power ending in the West.
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