teeny
Americanadjective
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teenier,
comparative
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teeniest
superlative
adjective
Other Word Forms
Adjective Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of teeny
Example Sentences
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Alongside teeny tiny avocados, customers couldn’t get enough of TJ’s Gone Bananas!,
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026
Those of us who watch all the major films in contention every year sometimes get a teeny tiny bit cross that not all of the people who actually vote do the same.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Researchers at the University of New Mexico analyzed samples of brain tissue from dead people, and found they contained a truly alarming amount of teeny tiny shards and flakes of polyethylene, and other polymers.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026
We have a teeny little garden I’m working on finally, after 15 years, actually doing something with it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
It’s only a teeny step from both parents watching to neither watching — each thinking the other’s in charge.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
The country’s dozens of teenier, tinier gambling operators face their own huge challenges in finding oxygen.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2024
Some are teenier than standard business cards, others much bigger, and many come in bright colors that seem anything but stodgy.
From Time Magazine Archive
“My friend was working at the LA Weekly, and he put out the teeniest little blurb. All these people showed up who weren’t in our film club. It was such a moment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
So I have an oil — May11 Hair Oil — and I put on the teeniest amount.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2021
If you watch Cuties, you won’t see even the teeniest tiniest glimpse of any of the stuff on that list.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2020
And it’s just the teeniest, tiniest tip of the iceberg.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2015
I slip it behind the strip and pull down as hard as I can—it shifts the teeniest bit.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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