ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

[in a supreme degree] preeminently, superlatively &c (superiority) 33.
[in a too great degree] immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately,
exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance.
[in a marked degree] particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly,
unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly; famously,
egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, kat exochin [Gr.], strangely,
wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully,
stupendously.
[in an exceptional degree] peculiarly &c (unconformity) 83.
[in a violent degree] furiously &c (violence) 173; severely, desperately, tremendously,
extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance; a outrance † , a toute
outrance [Fr.].
[in a painful degree] painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously,
miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully,
terribly, horribly.
Phr. a maximis ad minima [Lat.]; greatness knows itself [Henry IV]; mightiest powers
by deepest calms are fed [B.
Cornwall]; minimum decet libere cui multum licet [Lat.] [Seneca]; some are born
great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them [Twelfth
Night].
32. Smallness -- N. smallness &c adj.; littleness &c (small size) 193; tenuity; paucity;
fewness &c (small number) 103; meanness, insignificance (unimportance) 643;
mediocrity, moderation.
small quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum; vanishing point; material point, atom,
particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace; minutiae, details;
look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight † , whit, tittle, shade, shadow; spark, scintilla,
gleam; touch, cast; grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop,
droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau † , screed, smack, tinge, tincture; inch, patch, scantling,
tatter, cantlet † , flitter, gobbet † , mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive † ; snip, snippet;
snick † , snack, snatch, slip, scrag † ; chip, chipping; shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring,
shaving, hair.
nutshell; thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful; fragment; fraction &c (part)
51; drop in the ocean.
animalcule &c 193.
trifle &c (unimportant thing) 643; mere nothing, next to nothing; hardly anything; just
enough to swear by; the shadow of a shade.
finiteness, finite quantity.
V. be small &c adj.; lie in a nutshell.
diminish &c (decrease) 36; (contract) 195.
Adj. small, little; diminutive &c (small in size) 193; minute; fine; inconsiderable, paltry
&c (unimportant) 643; faint &c (weak) 160; slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited;
meager &c (insufficient) 640; sparing; few &c 103; low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no
great shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a low ebb; halfway; moderate,
modest; tender, subtle.