petiteadjective
uk/pəˈtiːt/us/pəˈtiːt/approving If a woman or girl is petite, she is small and thin in an attractive way:
She was dark and petite, as all his wives had been.
of a clothing size that is for small women
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Small
- baby
- bijou
- bite-sized
- claustrophobic
- compact
- diminutive
- dinky
- modest
- on the large, small, etc. side idiom
- pint-sized
- pocket handkerchief
- pocket-sized
- poky
- portable
- shrunken
- side
- skimpy
- undersized
- wee
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