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tiny
CIDE DICTIONARY
tiny, a. [Probably fr. tine, teen, trouble, distress, vexation.].
Very small; little; puny. [1913 Webster]
"When that I was and a little tiny boy." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tiny, adj. (tinier, tiniest) very small or slight.
Derivative
tinily adv. tininess n.
Etymology
obs. tine, tyne (adj. & n.) small, a little: ME, of unkn. orig.
THESAURUS
tiny
Lilliputian, bantam, bitsy, bitty, cursory, dainty, delicate, depthless, diminutive, dwarf, dwarfish, elfin, few, fine, footling, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, lilliputian, little, low, meager, micro, microscopic, midget, mini, miniature, minikin, minim, minuscular, minuscule, minute, negligible, no great shakes, paltry, peewee, petite, petty, picayune, picayunish, pint-sized, pocket, pocket-size, pocket-sized, puny, pygmy, shallow, short, skin-deep, slight, small, superficial, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, trifling, trivial, wee, weenyROGET THESAURUS
tiny
Littleness
N littleness, smallness, exiguity, inextension, parvitude, parvity, duodecimo, Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm, rudiment, vanishing point, thinness, dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf, atomy, dandiprat, doll, puppet, Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin, mannikin, homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow, animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon, bacteria, infusoria, microzoa, phytozoaria, microbe, grub, tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry, millet seed, mustard seed, barleycorn, pebble, grain of sand, molehill, button, bubble, point, atom, fragment, powder, point of a pin, mathematical point, minutiae, micrometer, vernier, scale, microphotography, photomicrography, micrography, photomicrograph, microphotograph, microscopy, microscope (optical instruments), little, small, minute, diminutive, microscopic, microzoal, inconsiderable, exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin, undersized, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, spare, stunted, limited, cramp, cramped, pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket, portative, portable, duodecimo, dumpy, squat, short, impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial, infinitesimal, homoeopathic, atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular, rudimentary, rudimental, embryonic, vestigial, weazen, scant, scraggy, scrubby, thin, granular, shrunk, brevipennate, in a small compass, in a nutshell, on a small scale, minutely, microscopically.For further exploring for "tiny" in Webster Dictionary Online