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Meanings of runty in English

Well below average height.

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(Used especially of persons) of inferior size.

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Usage of runty in English
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And though Pavek had encountered runty elves, his best guess was half-elf.
The brazen gambit
2
Kronos stood about nine feet tall, which was runty for a Titan.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
3
A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another.
Charlotte’s Web
4
In the language of the country they meant runty, mean-figured, undersized.
From Place to Place
5
I love it the way a bitch loves her runty pup.
East of eden
6
The sight of the runty Barrett beside his six-foot ebony-skinned spouse encouraged Quinette.
Acts of faith
7
But theoretically adequate for a pack of unaccompanied kids, all runty and starving.
61 hours
8
The little, runty apples would try to hold a mass meeting at the bottom.
The University of Hard Knocks
9
The little girl, too-therunty one with black hair, the one you've been teaching.
The river kings' road
10
And he's a good 'un, that Tobin, even if he is sorta runty and girlish.
Hidden Warrior
11
Of a certain runty rat-faced boy, Tormund said, That one's a whelp of Varamyr Sixskins.
A Dance with Dragons
12
Six feet, five inches tall, might as well have been twenty to runty Nick Andros.
The stand
13
It seemed a travesty for this runty little man to be wearing the same clothes.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
14
We'll weed out the runty humpbacked critters and all off-color she-stuff; keep only straight red cows.
The Settling of the Sage
15
Most were on foot, and those who had transport-carts, cars, runty mules-were already laden with passengers.
Imajica: Complete Edition
16
It's the story of a how a runty horse stole the heart of a depressed nation.
The Irish Times
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