teensy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of teensy
Example Sentences
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A teensy stretch of trading weakness this year—a pause in rip-roaring gains, really—has left the valuation looking ordinary, despite a profit outlook that has no equal in history.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Things seem a teensy bit off in the opulent Long Island manor to which we are introduced at the start of “The Housemaid.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Before he made his final judgment, there was just one teensy item to attend to.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2023
As for the ethical implications of all this, it seems that the district board had a teensy ethical issue of its own when it made the referral to the inspector general.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
Mom explained that we’d left Phoenix in a teensy bit of a hurry, you know how that goes, and unfortunately, in all the commotion, she forgot to pack stuff like school records and birth certificates.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
This was simulated sediment, imported from France and composed of exactingly milled plastic pellets—teensy, half-millimetre-wide pellets for large grains of sand and even teensier ones to represent finer particles.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
The animals, which grow to barely over an inch long, are even teensier when born.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2019
The existence of theoretical lane violations is the teensiest gripe in a flea circus of grievances.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2018
“I am the teensiest bit disappointed that my first — but surely not last — visit did not yield a Hawaiian Punch, but maybe if I ask verrrry nicely next time I will get it.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2018
So if you will indulge me just the teensiest bit more, I propose to reproduce some of my diaries from 1993 to pad out the book.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2014
Nothing, from the set design to the wardrobe choices to the teensiest snatches of dialogue, is unplanned or unconsidered.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2014
It didn’t change their minds even the teensiest bit, though.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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