Lilliputian (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy".
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Meaning 2
(informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction".
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All adjective clusters.
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Meaning 3
Tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population".
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The lilliputian furniture in the dollhouse was intricately crafted to resemble real-life pieces.
- The lilliputian population of the small island was struggling to survive due to limited resources.
- The artist's use of lilliputian figures in her paintings added a whimsical touch to her work.
- The lilliputian cars in the model city were so small that they looked like toys.
- The lilliputian proportions of the miniature garden made it seem like a fairy tale come to life.