"smaller" in the adjective sense
1. small, little
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
"a little dining room"
"a little house"
"a small car"
"a little (or small) group"
2. minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
relatively moderate, limited, or small
"a small business"
"a newspaper with a modest circulation"
"small-scale plans"
"a pocket-size country"
3. little, small
of children and animals) young, immature
"what a big little boy you are"
"small children"
4. small
slight or limited especially in degree or intensity or scope
"a series of death struggles with small time in between"
5. humble, low, lowly, modest, small
low or inferior in station or quality
"a humble cottage"
"a lowly parish priest"
"a modest man of the people"
"small beginnings"
6. little, minuscule, small
lowercase
"little a"
"small a"
"e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
7. little, small
of a voice) faint
"a little voice"
"a still small voice"
8. small
have fine or very small constituent particles
"a small misty rain"
9. modest, small
not large but sufficient in size or amount
"a modest salary"
"modest inflation"
"helped in my own small way"
10. belittled, diminished, small
made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth
"her comments made me feel small"
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