Dinky - English meaning

adjective

Inspiring great affection or delight.

Usage examples:

I have four adorable siamese cats

adjective

Charming, attractive, and easily loved

Usage examples:

He was an absolutely adorable child.

adjective

Used to describe someone or something that makes you love or like them, usually because they are attractive and often small

Usage examples:

She has the most adorable two-year-old girl., these snowflake-shaped picture frames are just adorab…

adjective

A short form of adorable, used to describe people, animals, or things that are easy to like or love because they are so attractive

Usage examples:

She shared an adorbs picture of her kids on her instagram., "totes adorbs" is a slang abbreviation …

adjective

Attractive in a pretty or endearing way.

Usage examples:

She had a cute little nose

adjective

(especially of something or someone small or young) pleasant and attractive

Usage examples:

His baby brother is really cute.

adjective

Trying to be clever, sometimes in a rude or unpleasant way

Usage examples:

Don't be cute with me, vicki.

adjective

Delicately small and pretty.

Usage examples:

A dainty lace handkerchief

noun

Something good to eat; a delicacy.

Usage examples:

Home-made breads, jams, and dainties

adjective

Small and attractive in a delicate way

Usage examples:

A dainty wrist/hand, dainty flowers

adjective

Regarded with deep affection.

Usage examples:

A dear friend

noun

Used as an affectionate or friendly form of address.

Usage examples:

Don't you worry, dear

adverb

At a high cost.

Usage examples:

They buy property cheaply and sell dear

adjective

Extremely or unusually small.

Usage examples:

A diminutive figure dressed in black

noun

A diminutive word or suffix.

Usage examples:

The word is a diminutive of inland navigator, referring to the men who built the canals that preced…

adjective

Small

Usage examples:

My grandmother was a diminutive woman, less than 5 feet tall.

adjective

Small in size, amount, or degree (often used to convey an appealing diminutiveness or express an affectionate or condescending attitude).

Usage examples:

The plants will grow into little bushes

adverb

To a small extent.

Usage examples:

He reminded me a little of my parents

determiner & pronoun

A small amount of.

Usage examples:

We got a little help from a training scheme

adjective

Extremely small

Usage examples:

She would wrap her little bitty fist around my finger, and just hold on as tightly as she could., i…

adjective

Denoting a miniature version of something.

Usage examples:

A mini camera

noun

A very short skirt or dress.

Usage examples:

A leather mini

combining form

Very small or minor of its kind; miniature.

Usage examples:

Minicab

adjective

Very small of its kind.

Usage examples:

Children dressed as miniature adults

noun

A thing that is much smaller than normal, especially a small replica or model.

Usage examples:

Seven full-size car bodies and three miniatures were used

verb

Represent on a smaller scale.

Usage examples:

She saw her own reflection miniatured

adjective

Arranged in a tidy way; in good order.

Usage examples:

The books had been stacked up in neat piles

noun

A bovine animal.

abbreviation

Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (the energy dissipated as heat by a person during minor physical activity, such as fidgeting or shivering, that does not involve a large expenditure of energy and is not perceived as exercise).

adjective

Attractively small and dainty (used of a woman).

Usage examples:

She was petite and vivacious

adjective

Of smaller than average height

adjective

Of a size that is less than normal or usual.

Usage examples:

The room was small and quiet

adverb

Into small pieces.

Usage examples:

Cut the okra up small

plural noun

Small items of clothing, especially underwear.

Usage examples:

Do we know if secreted about his smalls he has a pair of boxer shorts in either the ancient or red …

idiom

(used informally) very small

adjective

Tiny.

Usage examples:

Do we detect a teensy-weensy bit of animosity?

adjective

Very small

Usage examples:

Hong kong's budget guesthouses consist of teensy rooms in converted apartments., to be honest, the …

adjective

Tiny.

Usage examples:

A teeny bit of criticism

adjective

Small or little

Usage examples:

A teeny baby, i can’t help thinking you’re a teeny bit jealous.

verb

Make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.

Usage examples:

Trim the grass using a sharp mower

noun

Additional decoration, typically along the edges of something and in contrasting colour or material.

Usage examples:

A red blazer with gold trim

adjective

Neat and smart in appearance; in good order.

Usage examples:

His face was freshly shaved, his clothes neat and trim

adjective

Little.

Usage examples:

When i was just a wee bairn

noun

Urine.

Usage examples:

There was wee all over the floor

verb

Urinate.

Usage examples:

Mummy comes in and takes her top and knickers off when she is drunk and wees on the carpet.