as in tiny
very small in size
had to look closely to see the teeny splinter in her foot
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Recent Examples of teeny
But that unit would be among the teeniest in the new plans, which call for less than half the number of original apartments (57), with monster floor plans up to 15,000 square feet.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 June 2023
The 100-square-foot drinking establishment only seems spacious when compared to Key West’s Smallest Bar (72 square feet), the nation’s teeniest hooch hut.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
After all, there’s no denying that toy dogs are some of the cutest dog breeds out there — not to mention, the teeniest!
—Yolanda Wikiel, Good Housekeeping, 24 Feb. 2023
The air around us is 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen and, surprisingly, some teeny fraction of a percent DNA.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2022
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“Teeny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teeny. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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