small

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”
• “a small voice”

limited in size or scope

• “a small business”
• “a newspaper with a modest circulation”
• “small-scale plans”
• “a pocket-size country”

low or inferior in station or quality

• “a humble cottage”
• “a lowly parish priest”
• “a modest man of the people”
• “small beginnings”

not fully grown

• “what a big little boy you are”
• “small children”

too small to be seen except under a microscope

not large but sufficient in size or amount

• “a modest salary”
• “modest inflation”
• “helped in my own small way”

(of a voice) faint

• “a little voice”
• “a still small voice”

slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope

• “a series of death struggles with small time in between”

made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

• “her comments made me feel small”

lowercase

• “little a”
• “small a”
• “e.e.cummings”

have fine or very small constituent particles

• “a small misty rain”

the slender part of the back

a garment size for a small person

on a small scale

• “think small”