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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small or little relative to something else
Synonyms:
littler; smaller
Classified under:
Similar:
little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Context examples:
Megakaryocytes are smaller than normal and have hypolobated nuclei.
(Chronic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
“But just think of how much smaller I shall be before I die.”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
In chemistry, refers to a simple substance that cannot be broken down into smaller parts or changed into another substance.
(Element, NCI Dictionary)
A person responsible for organizing multiple events or efforts into a smaller number of tasks.
(Coordinator, NCI Thesaurus)
A membrane-bound vesicle that encompasses several smaller membrane-bound vesicles.
(Multivesicular Body, NCI Thesaurus)
And hence, as I think, it came about that Edward Hyde was so much smaller, slighter and younger than Henry Jekyll.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Their piece of bread was given to them, but it was still smaller than the time before.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
“The smaller cock, my Lord Audley, may have the longer spur,” remarked the Captal de Buch.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This discovery laid many smaller matters open.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
A condition in which a person takes a drug over time, and unpleasant physical symptoms occur if the drug is suddenly stopped or taken in smaller doses.
(Physical dependence, NCI Dictionary)
