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How to use smallish in a sentence

14 example sentences · adjective

Smallish means somewhat small. Example: “All Bill caught were two smallish sunperch, barely worth the effort to clean and cook.”

Examples of smallish by meaning

adjectiveSomewhat small.

  • I may say that I'm a married man, living with my wife at that address—a smallish flat which suits us very well as we have no children.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
  • Quite a few minutes would be spun out, for instance, at the smallish town of Chirk, but to me the dalliance was generally worthwhile, except in wet weather, because of the increasing beauty of the wooded hill scenery thereabouts.1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 18

More sentences with smallish

  • All Bill caught were two smallish sunperch, barely worth the effort to clean and cook.From the entry sunperch
  • Their smallish brains were barely larger than those of a modern chimp.2006, Henry Kong, A History of the Universe: Volume I: Complexity, page 117. From the entry ramidus
  • In the smallish Thai city where I live, most ex-pats, foreigners or Farangs put little stock in learning Thai.2017 February 20, “Language Learning: Is Fluency Worth It?”, in Listen and Learn Blog, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2017. From the entry Tarzan English
  • “Good morning,” said the smallish man, removing his hat.2000, Queen, Ellery, The King is Dead, G.K. Hall & Co., page 11. From the entry guitarstring
  • When that, still smallish, line is in hand a medium sized rope is attached in turn and that is hauled across.1977, Gerald Forsberg, “Stricken vessels. Ocean towage”, in Salvage from the Sea, London; Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: Routledge and…. From the entry teach grandma how to suck eggs
  • This is set to be a smallish, grassroots-y gathering—only 25 in-person campers are enrolled plus a dozen or so volunteers running the show.2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan. From the entry grassrootsy
  • The Town Hall residency underscores a vogue among budding artists for multinight runs at one smallish place, rather than a single large club show.2007 May 24, Melena Ryzik, “Bright Eyes in the Big City, Sporting a Prada Suit and a Hot Album”, in New York Times. From the entry multinight
  • The man and the horse came closer and were Sonny Jacobs of the Diamond Six and a smallish neat sorrel definitely favouring its off forefoot.1963, Jack Schaefer, Monte Walsh, page 174. From the entry off
  • The train was soon filled to the brim with obstreperous American tourists brandishing Pina Coladas from the upper deck, and started to resemble a smallish dry-land cruise ship.2026 March 18, Vitali Vitaliev, “Small is beautiful... Pt 3”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 68. From the entry obstreperous
  • “I've terrible serious doubts as to whether eight paltry legions would do more than angrify the barbarians whilst making only a smallish dent in the whole of germanorum.”2011, William Walling, Arminius. From the entry angrify
  • Suzy is escorted to a smallish study carrel, where she sits down on what may or may not be a noncreaky chair and faces the computer.2001, Kelli S. Dunham, How to survive and maybe even love nursing school!. From the entry noncreaky
  • And for the first time she realised what it was to escape from the smallish perfection of England, into the grander imperfection of a great continent.1920, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Journey Across”, in The Lost Girl, London: Martin Secker […], →OCLC, page 325. From the entry realize

Meaning of smallish

  1. adjective Somewhat small.

Full definition of smallish

Questions about smallish in a sentence

How do you use smallish in a sentence?
Smallish is used as an adjective. For example: “All Bill caught were two smallish sunperch, barely worth the effort to clean and cook.”
What is a short sentence with smallish?
““Good morning,” said the smallish man, removing his hat.”
What does smallish mean?
Smallish means somewhat small.

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