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scintilla
[ sin-til-uh ]
noun
- a minute particle; spark; trace:
not a scintilla of remorse.
scintilla
/ sɪnˈtɪlə /
noun
- a minute amount; hint, trace, or particle
Word History and Origins
Origin of scintilla1
Word History and Origins
Origin of scintilla1
Example Sentences
Once you’ve finished with your nostrils, you have to put the swab in and squeeze and swirl it at the same time, which requires just a scintilla more skill than the others.
That had more than a scintilla of substance—is Mitt actually a political shape-shifter?
How could anyone do all this without leaving behind a scintilla of microscopic evidence?
Forde is among those who note that every scintilla of blame cannot be put on FitzPatrick and Drumm.
It does take a certain talent to take Paul Newman and present the actor without a scintilla of excitement.
I have not a scintilla of interest in being at court when the judge sentences him.
I would not, Mr. President, give up a scintilla of that portion of the responsibility which the crisis imposes on me.
They had merely waited that scintilla of ocular confirmation of a known danger.
This seems to me to have not a scintilla of justice about it.
In these churches there were no fire altars; but the small scintilla of sacred fire preserved in them, was kept only in a lamp.
She is beautiful of course, but quite without charm or the slightest scintilla of wit.
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