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as in small
not broad or open in views or opinions
to the Lilliputian minds of that small town any depiction of the nude, regardless of its artistry, was pornographic
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as in diminutive
of a size that is less than average
a model train carrying Lilliputian figures through a miniature landscape
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Recent Examples of Lilliputian
There’s something undeniably charming about a Lilliputian pickle in a glass of gin.
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Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 June 2025
The Trump administration has been ensnared in a Lilliputian thicket of nationwide injunctions almost since the moment that Donald Trump was sworn in and began issuing executive orders.
—The Editors, National Review, 19 May 2025
Yet a conflict of sorts did break out on the fringes of the Côte d’Azur in 1963 when France, which surrounds three sides of this sovereign nation of a princely one square mile, demanded that its Lilliputian neighbor accept French taxation.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
Slovenia—a Lilliputian nation about the size of New Jersey but with less than a quarter of its population—has many stories to tell.
—Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
The Lilliputian sellers regularly fail to do damage when matched with the oblivious index money.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
Lo trumpets Lilliputian equipment: 1-quart pots; an immersion blender in place of a behemoth; a toaster oven in lieu of a conventional one.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 2 Aug. 2024
They’re served in Lilliputian beer steins that look like they were pulled from a doll house.
—Becky Cooper, New York Times, 7 May 2024
Photograph: Ted Stryk/NASA/SwRI/MSS Yet the relatively small hearts in Lilliputian moons like Enceladus don’t contain enough radioactive matter to keep them toasty for billions of years.
—WIRED, 24 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Lilliputian
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The founders argue that automation should be accessible to smaller operators, including neighborhood bars and private event spaces.—
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There can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes.—
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Now the towering ceiling of their new Hollywood soundstage was making even the 36-inch set piece feel diminutive.—
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Andrews left the more creative, diminutive Mikkel Damsgaard on the bench.—
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Angel went for a respectful middle-of-the-road jab — complimenting her parenting and resilience, but maligning her for being petty.—
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Who is not petty or vindictive.—
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Dick is sympathetic to Leroy’s perspective, noting that being Black in the military means having your personal life scrutinized, which is little comfort for Charlotte.—
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Sketches such as last night’s Oval Office monologue compact the coal of the administration’s info dumps into little diamonds of comedy, freeing the writers and cast to pursue more escapist fare.—
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Working-class voters visiting a Reform clubhouse were more likely to find young professionals discussing weighty matters of foreign policy rather than parochial issues like street paving.—
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Looming over the desk is a giant cross made of yardsticks, those famous instruments of parochial-school torment, formed into a set of crosshairs.—
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At the previous World Cup in 2022, hosted by tiny Qatar, all of England’s games were in Doha or just outside that city.—
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Nanotubes are ultra-small cylindrical structures, so tiny that thousands could fit across the width of a human hair.—
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During this time frame, a narrow, intense lake-effect snow band, only about 10 miles wide, will be capable of thunder, wind gusts near 35 mph and near-zero visibility at its peak.—
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The climb is infamous for its heart-pumping switchbacks and vertiginous jaunt along a narrow sliver of crag.—
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Other breeds among the gifted dogs that participated in the study were a German shepherd, a Labrador retriever, a miniature Australian shepherd, a Blue Heeler and Australian Shepherd mix.—
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Rooms come with Botanist & The Chemist toiletries, miniature fluffy robes, a signature purple starfish soft toy, and copious sweet treats, from white chocolate caryatids to cones of M&M’s.—
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“Lilliputian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Lilliputian. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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