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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