smidge

/ smɪdʒ /

noun

1. informal.
   a very small amount or part

Word History and Origins

Origin of smidge¹

C20: from smidgen

Example Sentences

It was a little bit of Balmain, a smidge of Balenciaga, a few vague references to Yohji Yamamoto and Rick Owens.

From The Daily Beast

Larry grew a full beard, but that was a smidge too country—“I looked like an Oak Ridge Boy”—so he pruned it down into a goatee.

From The Daily Beast

I simply wish we could tone down the royal trappings just a smidge.

From The Daily Beast

She noodled at me, I noodled back at her, and her eyes crinkled charmingly whenever I managed a smidge of tuneful wit.

From Project Gutenberg

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