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a smidgen

a smidgen adverb: synonym of a tad, a mite, a bit, a little.

Adverb

a smidgen (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Synonym of a tad, a mite, a bit, a little.
    • I don't know if he had the right sized head—it seemed a smidgen small to my untrained eye.2014, J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    a tad

Synonyms of a smidgen

Questions about a smidgen

What does a smidgen mean?
A smidgen means synonym of a tad, a mite, a bit, a little.
What part of speech is a smidgen?
A smidgen is an adverb.

Words near a smidgen in the dictionary

  1. a sharps
  2. a sheet in the wind
  3. a sheet in the wind's eye
  4. a short drop and a sudden stop
  5. a small matter
  6. a smidgen
  7. a smidgeon
  8. a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor
  9. a sorrow shared is a sorrow halved
  10. A Special
  11. A Specials

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