Barely there size
Itty bitty means extremely small or tiny, with a playful or affectionate tone.
The reduplicated form intensifies the diminutive: an itty bitty kitten, just an itty bitty piece of cake.
Often used when speaking to or about children, or when deliberately being cute.
Also spelled itty-bitty or itsy-bitsy.
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Barely there size
Itty bitty means extremely small or tiny, with a playful or affectionate tone.
The reduplicated form intensifies the diminutive: an itty bitty kitten, just an itty bitty piece of cake.
Often used when speaking to or about children, or when deliberately being cute.
Also spelled itty-bitty or itsy-bitsy.
1. delicate — dainty, Delicately small and pretty; petite (Small and delicate); elfin (Small and sprite-like); delicate (Easily broken or harmed); wispy · fragile · fine · slight · gossamer · feathery · airy · light · graceful · precious
2. microscopic — speck, Minute visible particle; mote (Tiny airborne particle); dot (Small circular mark); grain (Cereal plant's harvest unit); particle · fleck · crumb · droplet · fragment · sliver · dust · atom · molecule · microbe
SIZE/MAGNITUDEitty bitty ≠ enormous Extremely large in scale; huge · gigantic · massive · colossal · immense
REGISTER/INTENSITY OF EXPRESSIONitty bitty ≠ ginormous Slang for vastly oversized; humongous · mega · super-sized · honking · mondo
itty, bitty, bit, bits, bitsy, itsy
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