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On the petite side
Answer for the clue "On the petite side ", 8 letters:
smallish
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Word definitions for smallish in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. rather small
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The M3 coupe is a smallish car that's comfortable enough for four people. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But like so many of the smallish pieces commissioned today, this work doesn't take one on a journey. ▪ Carefully lift ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from small (adj.) + -ish .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smallish \Small"ish\, a. Somewhat small. --G. W. Cable.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. somewhat small
Usage examples of smallish.
It was a smallish, blond man the stranger wanted, a young man, a borderer, the rider of the horse that imaged himself as fire, pain and dark: those who knew Stuart called the creature Burn.
Meandering, he entered and paced through the dim coolth of a smallish wood, mostly oak and the chestnuts beloved of Galician swine.
He was a smallish man, not much taller than themselves, with a strong-featured face creased by humour at the eyes and mouth, though with no sign of a smile now.
A smallish, eupeptic gentleman, he inquired politely if they were bringing any items to Earth for sale.
Ceremoniously shooting them for destroying a smallish city did seem ludicrous, since humans had gone on to kill every Gekko on the planet.
Smallish man, with a long neck and a little bit of a round head, and big goggly eyes behind his thick glasses.
Tier told Jes, spying a man peering out from a smallish hut on the far side of the cluster of buildings.
Born to lower-middle-class, not particularly bookish parents in 1948 in the smallish city of Lorain, Ohio, Dirda quickly fell in love with the printed word.
He returned carrying his sword in one hand, the belt dangling from its sheath, and led the way through a thicket of brambleberry to a smallish clearing.
A smallish gang of werewolves and ghouls who did not come up to his recently rebuckled belt were being escorted down the street under the protective eyes of two moms.
Quimby appeared at the drugstore to await Astrand, a smallish, hunch-shoulder taximan slowly cruised his cab outside on Twenty-seventh Street.
Sorority babes, the noted Tri- Delts were smallish but perfectly beautiful, proportioned, and mature beyond their years.
A good guess, since the dragon was smallish by draconic standards, and bright blue, and the rider no larger than Shana herself.
In his office, Cedric Malvin, a smallish, birdlike man, was seated behind a large desk, chatting with two visitors: Commissioner Weston and Inspector Cardona.
A water world, even more so than Terra, Neverland possessed four modest-sized continents, a few dozen smallish archipelagos, and little else.