DIMINUTIVELY
Etymology
Adverb
diminutively (comparative more diminutively, superlative most diminutively)
In a diminutive manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Di*min"u*tive*ly, adv.
Definition: In a diminutive manner.
DIMINUTIVE
Di*min"u*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif.]
1. Below the average size; very small; little.
2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
3. Tending to diminish. [R.] Diminutive of liberty. Shaftesbury.
Di*min"u*tive, n.
1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. Such water flies, diminutives of nature. Shak.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin. Babyisms and dear diminutives. Tennyson.
Note: The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as scribble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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