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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; diminutive: as, a dwarfish animal; a dwarfish shrub.
  • Slight; petty; despicable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Like a dwarf; being especially small.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective atypically small

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