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Meanings of tad in English

A slight amount or degree of difference.

Usage of tad in English
1
Common sense says that your date may find you a tad strange.
59 seconds: think a little, change a lot
2
He said: Some of our competitors have been a tad less virtuous.
The Guardian
3
Its price to earnings ratio was a tad below a main competitor.
Reuters
4
Yes, they seemed a tad irrelevant when they happened after the Oscars.
The Irish Times
5
Wish she'd told me about this, I huffed, just a tad upset.
Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
6
Being inside this story felt a tad more surreal than she'd expected.
Austenland
7
The little German seemed a tad taken aback by her calm acceptance.
Blameless
8
That was a tad better than trade expectations for a three-point drop.
Reuters
9
Academic pay Just a tad below average, but nothing to worry about.
The Guardian
10
After a moment of reflection, Jack suspected that was a tad melodramatic.
Stars rain down
11
Sophie may have been a tad bit surprised by her archery skills.
The South African
12
European markets opened a tad weaker after rising for three consecutive sessions.
Reuters
13
Winds are going to let up a tad, next couple of hours.
The thing
14
Looking at photos of the event tugs at the heartstrings a tad.
News.com.au
15
I think you're stretching it a tad or two, she told him.
Hearts of grey
16
He was just going to have to be a tad more creative.
Desperate cargo
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Tad through the time
Tad across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common