tiny

Modifying Another Word

• relatively: It allows investors to have a say in the running of the mighty companies to whom they entrust their relatively tiny savings or pensions.
• seemingly: The seemingly tiny particles of wonder capture my attention.
• absolutely: It's modern, clean and very comfortable, but absolutely tiny.
• very: This was a very tiny village just outside of San Salvador.
• so: She seems so tiny and fragile next to Jen.
• however: I've wondered why I wanted a lawn, however tiny.

Used with adjective complement

• look: The average mortgage advance of 1982 of £ 12,000 seems small in comparison, and the average 1972 mortgage of £ 3,500 looks tiny.
• get: Some people get tiny, red spots on their skin, especially on the arms or legs.
• make: A number of ships, made tiny by comparison, flanked the island.
• have: They are mostly brown but have tiny, square, white patches at the corners of their tails.
• feel: My baby felt especially tiny when I returned to him, or maybe it was the rest of the world that suddenly felt bigger.
• see: Note: If you pause the DVD at the right moment you can see tiny Elven PETA protestors on a hillside.

Modifies a noun

• fraction: Deaths from ecstasy in Holland are only a tiny fraction of the figures for Britain.
• hamlet: Our highest point is a tiny Tibetan hamlet balanced on a narrow spur at 3200m.
• minority: We are a tiny minority in an alien land.
• island: Sailing north through a myriad of tiny islands, we spotted a couple of seals basking on the rocks.
• village: From a tiny village to the first sights of the city.
• particle: The Earth is flooded with these tiny particles, without us ever noticing.

Preposition: by

• comparison: A number of ships, made tiny by comparison, flanked the island.

Preposition: in

• comparison: Keep in mind that their lungs are tiny in comparison to yours or a child's.