smallish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of smallish
Example Sentences
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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
While the £700m-£1bn a year it raises in the UK is smallish beer, since the UK and France introduced a hit to big tech's revenues, many other countries have followed suit.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 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
He moved over to the window: a smallish, frail figure, the meagemess of his body merely emphasized by the blue overalls which were the uniform of the Party.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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