smallish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of smallish
Example Sentences
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Where others in the segment are biggish, it is smallish.
The company’s smallish software business operates at close to breakeven and the Bitcoin holdings yield nothing.
From Barron's
A smallish example is water companies in the United Kingdom, where years of strong performance masked budding problems with pollution and customer dissatisfaction.
From Barron's
Solvang, about 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles, has about 20 hotels and most are smallish and independent.
From Los Angeles Times
While the £700m-£1bn a year it raises in the UK is smallish beer, since the UK and France introduced a hit to big tech's revenues, many other countries have followed suit.
From BBC
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