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WHIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Synonyms:
iota; scintilla; shred; smidge; smidgen; smidgeon; smidgin; tittle; whit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("whit" is a kind of...):
small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)
Context examples:
Now you are small—not one whit bigger than the end of my little finger.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Not a whit.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Not a whit!—courage!
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
