Meaning

2 senses
  1. A lower-case letter, (a, b, c, as opposed to A, B, C), normally used in a text.

  2. (historical)A character that was once stored in the bottom half of a compositor's typecase.

    the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Print it all in small letters.

    ruНапечатайте всё это мелким шрифтом. — sharptoothed

  2. I can't read small letters.

    ruЯ не могу читать маленькие буквы. — shanghainese

    deIch kann keine kleinen Buchstaben lesen. — Manfredo

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  3. These small letters can only be read with a magnifying glass.

    deDiese kleinen Buchstaben kann man nur mit einem Vergrößerungsglas lesen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Since he can read such small letters, he is not nearsighted.

  5. Bra sizes in Japan are smaller than equivalent lettered bra sizes in the west, owing to smaller average breast sizes.

Forms

plural: small letters
Singularsmall letter
Pluralsmall letters

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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