weeny

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wee·ny

 (wē′nē) also ween·sy (wēn′sē)
adj. wee·ni·er, wee·ni·est also ween·si·er or ween·si·est Informal
Tiny.
[Perhaps blend of wee and tiny.]
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weeny

(ˈwiːnɪ) or

weensy

adj, -nier, -niest, -sier or -siest
informal very small; tiny
[C18: from wee1 with the ending -ny as in tiny]
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wee•ny

(ˈwi ni)
adj. -ni•er, -ni•est.
Informal. tiny; small.
[1780–90]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.weeny - (used informally) very smallweeny - (used informally) very small; "a wee tot"
bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teeny, teeny-weeny, wee, weensy
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"
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weeny

adjective
Informal. Extremely small:
diminutive, dwarf, Lilliputian, midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pygmy, tiny, wee.
Informal: peewee, pintsize, pintsized, teensy-weensy, teensy, teeny, teeny-weeny.
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Translations

weeny

[ˈwiːnɪ] ADJ → chiquitito, minúsculo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

weeny

adj (+er) (inf) → klitzeklein (inf), → winzig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

weeny

weeney [ˈwiːnɪ] weensie (Am) [ˈwiːnzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → minimo/a
a weeny bit more → ancora un pochino
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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