DIMINUTIVELY

Etymology

Adverb

diminutively (comparative more diminutively, superlative most diminutively)

In a diminutive manner.

Source: Wiktionary

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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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