Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; diminutive: as, a dwarfish animal; a dwarfish shrub.
- Slight; petty; despicable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Like a
dwarf ; being especiallysmall .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective atypically small
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Examples
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That Palmeto grows with us, which we call the dwarfish sort; but the Palmeto-Tree I have not yet met withal in North-Carolina, of which you have a Description elsewhere.
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"dwarfish", subsumed to their mode of transport, or scattered about - as are the backpackers outside Venice station in Vertigo - like corpses.
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"dwarfish", subsumed to their mode of transport, or scattered about - as are the backpackers outside Venice station in Vertigo - like corpses.
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"dwarfish", subsumed to their mode of transport, or scattered about - as are the backpackers outside Venice station in Vertigo - like corpses.
Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk 2009
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Thoughts of the dwarfish little thief brought a fresh ache to a throat sore and throbbing.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Thoughts of the dwarfish little thief brought a fresh ache to a throat sore and throbbing.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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As in cyberfantasy, there are side trips and narrow escapes and dwarfish types with helpful tips, and if Time book critic Grossman weren't so smooth and dry, one might think about hitting esc.
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Outside faint dwarfish footprints led away on the crushed stone surface of the street.
Masdy's Silver dj barber 2011
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Kenzi is then approached by a muscular, dwarfish, middle aged-looking man calling himself only Gauntlet.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Eren’s Review Forum 2009
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Thoughts of the dwarfish little thief brought a fresh ache to a throat sore and throbbing.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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