smaller

See also: smäller

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsmɔː.lə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsmɔ.lɚ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsmɑ.lɚ/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /smoː.lə/
• Hyphenation: small‧er
• Rhymes: -ɔːlə(ɹ)

Adjective

smaller

1. comparative form of small: more small

   The worse things get, the smaller your focus should be.

   • 1958 May, “Decline in Irish Railway Mileage”, in Railway Magazine, page 295:

     At the partition of Ireland in 1920, the railway mileage of the whole country stood at its maximum figure of 3,442, of which 2,668 miles were in the South, and 754 in the much smaller North.

Adverb

smaller

1. comparative form of small: more small

Anagrams

• Ramsell, amrells

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑlər

Adjective

smaller

1. comparative degree of smal