of a shade.
     finiteness, finite quantity. 
     V. be small &c. adj.; lie in a nutshell.
     diminish &c. (decrease) 36; (contract) 195. 
     Adj. small, little; diminutive &c. (small in size) 193; minute; fine;
inconsiderable, paltry &c. (unimportant) 643; faint &c. (weak) 160; slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited; meager &c. (insufficient) 640; sparing; few &c. 103; low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a low ebb; halfway; moderate, modest; tender, subtle.
     inappreciable, evanescent, infinitesimal, homeopathic, very small;
atomic, corpuscular, microscopic, molecular, subatomic.
     mere, simple, sheer, stark, bare; near run.
     dull, petty, shallow, stolid, ungifted, unintelligent. 
     Adv. to a small extent[in a small degree], on a small scale; a little
bit, a wee bit; slightly &c. adj.; imperceptibly; miserably, wretchedly; insufficiently &c. 640; imperfectly; faintly &c. 160; passably, pretty well, well enough.
     [in a certain or limited degree] partially, in part; in a certain
degree, to a certain degree; to a certain extent; comparatively; some, rather in some degree, in some measure; something, somewhat; simply, only, purely, merely; at least, at the least, at most, at the most; ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu[Fr], in ever so small a degree; thus far, pro tanto[It], within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak.
     almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but; near upon,
close upon; peu s’en faut[Fr], near the mark; within an ace of, within an inch of; on the brink of; scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than; about [in an uncertain degree], thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say; be the same, be little more or less; no ways [in no degree], no way, no wise; not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow; in no wise, in no respect; by no means, by no manner of means; on no account, at no hand.  Phr. dare pondus idonea fumo [Lat][Persius]; magno conatu magnas nugas [Lat][Terence]; “small sands the mountain, moments make the year” [Young].

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     #33.  Superiority. [Supremacy.] —­ N. superiority, majority; greatness
&c. 31; advantage; pull; preponderance, preponderation; vantage ground, prevalence, partiality; personal superiority; nobility &c. (rank) 875; Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares[Lat], nulli secundus[Lat], captain; crackajack * [obs3][U.  S.].
     supremacy, preeminence; lead; maximum; record; gr/trikumia/[obs3],
climax; culmination &c. (summit) 210; transcendence; ne plus ultra[Lat]; lion’s share, Benjamin’s mess; excess, surplus &c. (remainder) 40; (redundancy) 641. 
     V. be superior &c. adj.; exceed, excel, transcend; outdo,