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small

/smɔl/ adjectif A1

En français : petit, jeune, minuscule

  1. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number. · A small serving of ice cream.· A small group.
  2. Humiliated or insignificant. · The bullies had succeeded in making him feel small.
  3. Having a small penis, muscles, or other important body parts, regardless of overall body size. · (of genitals)· Though over six feet tall, the man was very small and ashamed to undress.
  4. Young, as a child. (figuratively) · Remember when the children were small?
  5. Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
  6. Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
  7. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short. · a small space of time
  8. Synonym of little (“of an industry or institution(s) therein: operating on a small scale, unlike larger counterparts”). · small science

Comparatif smaller · Superlatif smallest

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Dans la bibliothèque

But I excuse it, it is impossible to expect the son of a Girondin to be free from a small spice of the old leaven.” A deep crimson suffused the countenance of Villefort.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 44 · C1
There are times when the small and lowly are the strongest to do mischief.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 51 · B2
The emperor, now king of the petty Island of Elba, after having held sovereign sway over one-half of the world, counting as his subjects a small population of five or six thousand souls,—after having been accustomed to hear the “Vive Napoléons” of a hundred and twenty millions of human beings, uttered in ten different languages,—was looked upon here as a ruined man, separated forever from any fresh connection with France or claim to her throne.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 41 · C1
“Now I recollect,” said the afflicted old father; “my poor boy told me yesterday he had got a small case of coffee, and another of tobacco for me!”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 34 · C1

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