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Meanings of minuscule in English

Portuguese
letra minúscula
Catalan
lletra minúscula
Spanish
minúscula

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

letra minúscula
Spanish
minúsculo

Of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries.

Related terms
minúsculo

Lowercase.

Of very little importance.

Usage of minuscule in English
1
Both this year and last, the number of price cuts was minuscule.
Radio NZ
2
He knows hard reality is vast, but his soft reality is minuscule.
Chuck klosterman on film and television
3
Because that sum, however minuscule, represents money you made being a fan.
The football fan's manifesto
4
Even a minuscule amount of allergen can immediately ignite another inflammatory response.
The beauty diet: looking great has never been so delicious
5
Only a minuscule fraction of all possible universes can end up harmonious.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
6
The trembling might well be a minuscule quickening of something to come.
After dark
7
Where does this minuscule intrinsic magnetic field of subatomic particles come from?
The Physics of Superheroes
8
And what wrote that minuscule message will never trouble you or yours.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
9
The chances of him being returned to his own time were minuscule.
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
10
There is also a small post office and a minuscule convenient store.
The South African
11
Loads of minuscule aches came over my weary muscles all at once.
The Elephant Vanishes
12
Grotty council flats where locals go to score minuscule amounts of weed.
The Guardian
13
In the sky, the sun was reduced to a minuscule gray disk.
The story of edgar sawtelle
14
Jenny settled herself at her minuscule desk and picked up her notebook.
Corduroy mansions
15
Javelle grew up enamored by the minuscule pebble garden his grandmother had.
Wired
16
The chances of us stumbling upon it through blind luck are minuscule.
Dark Matter
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Translations for minuscule
Minuscule through the time
Minuscule across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common