smallish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of smallish
Example Sentences
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It was just a dog kennel, a smallish one, blue plastic with a handle on the top and a black grate door that locked.
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The first eruption—the smallish blast of steam and ash from the new crater—quickly subsided.
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Where others in the segment are biggish, it is smallish.
The company’s smallish software business operates at close to breakeven and the Bitcoin holdings yield nothing.
From Barron's
A smallish example is water companies in the United Kingdom, where years of strong performance masked budding problems with pollution and customer dissatisfaction.
From Barron's
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