smallish
Example Sentences
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This crew - smallish in number but sufficiently large to assault the eardrums of the management and players - are an odd bunch.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Where others in the segment are biggish, it is smallish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
A smallish example is water companies in the United Kingdom, where years of strong performance masked budding problems with pollution and customer dissatisfaction.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
She’s one of the best features in a smallish role in “Migration” and she’s an artful scene-stealer in “Panda 4.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
These were smallish narrow beds ranged along the walls on either side.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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