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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount (47)
shredc1000

A fragment cut or broken off; a strip; a scrap.

farthingsworthc1325

As much as is bought or sold for a farthing, a very small amount. Also figurative.

pennyworthc1330

figurative. An amount, a sum, a contribution; esp. a very small amount or contribution. Usually in negative contexts. Frequently with partitive of

incha1350

transferred and figurative. A very small measure, distance, amount, or degree; the least amount or part (of space, time, material or immaterial…

sliverc1374

A piece cut or split off; a long thin piece or slip; a splinter, shiver, slice. Also figurative.

chipa1393

A small piece or fragment of any relatively hard substance, typically one broken or split from a larger piece by means of a sharp blow or knock; esp.

gnastc1440

A spark; the snuff of a candle.

Jack1530

Something insignificant, or smaller than the normal size. colloquial. A very small amount; the least bit. Obsolete. rare.

spoonful1531

transferred. A very small quantity or number.

crumba1535

figurative. A very small particle or portion (of something immaterial), a ‘scrap’.

spark1548

A small remnant, fragment, piece, atom, or amount, of something.

slight1549

A very small amount or weight; a small matter, a trifle. Obsolete.

pin's worth1562

an extremely small amount.

scruple1574

figurative. A very small quantity or amount; a very small part or portion.

thought1581

In singular: a very small amount, a very little, a trifle. Usually, and now almost always, adverbial.

pinch1583

An amount (chiefly of a powdered substance, esp. snuff) that may be taken up between a finger and thumb. Hence in extended use: a very small…

scrap1583

A remnant; a small detached piece; a piece very small by comparison with the whole; a fragmentary… Of material things.

splinter1609

Used (chiefly with negatives) to denote a very small piece or amount, or something of little or no value.

ticket1634

A minute quantity or part.

notchet1637

A small or insignificant thing or quantity.

indivisible1644

That which is indivisible; an infinitely small particle or quantity.

tinyc1650

A very small amount: = tine, n.6 (perhaps only a copyist's error for this.) Obsolete. rare.

twopence1691

As type of a very small amount: now esp. in (not) to care twopence. Also for twopence, very easily, with the smallest encouragement.

turn of the scale(s)1706

turn of the scale(s): (with reference to selling items by weight on a scale or balance) the slight advantage given to the buyer by which the article…

enough to swear by1756

To swear to or be sure of the existence of (cf. to swear to —— 2 at phrasal verbs 1): in enough to swear by, expressing a very slight amount. collo

touch1786

A very little; a small amount. Frequently in a touch, used adverbially: slightly, somewhat, a little.

scrimptiona1825

A very small amount or degree, a bit. Cf. smidgen, n.

infinitesimal1840

In loose or hyperbolical use: An extremely small quantity or amount; something excessively minute or insignificant.

smidgen1841

Chiefly with a and followed by of. A tiny amount of something; a little bit; a trace.

snuff1842

A pinch, a very small quantity, of something.

fluxion1846

loosely. An infinitesimal quantity.

smitchel1856

With a and chiefly followed by of. A little bit; a tiny amount.

eyelash1860

A very small distance or amount. Esp. in by an eyelash. Cf. whisker, n.1 5b.

smidge1866

Chiefly with a and followed by of. A tiny amount of something; a little bit; a trace.

tenpenceworth1896

the amount of anything to be bought for tenpence; used contemptuously.

whisker1913

figurative. A very small distance or amount, a fraction: used chiefly in comparisons. colloquial (originally U.S.).

tidge1986

A very small portion or amount, a bit. Frequently adverbial in a tidge.

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