as in tiny
very small in size
for years we lived in a teensy apartment that was the size of the proverbial broom closet
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The dead battery that could’ve ruined my entire trip was instead a teensy, minor annoyance.
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Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2022
This is not the case with Pretty in Pink, which made $40 million on a comparatively teensy $9 million budget.
—Drew MacKie, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
Hummingbirds are accustomed to feeding at patches of flowers, where each blossom contains just a teensy-tiny amount of life-giving nectar.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022
Cascades with an overloaded pack and had just slogged a mile up 1,000 vertical feet, pausing before the valley that would lead to a cirque, when Ms. Ultralight swept up silently behind me wearing minimalist trail-running shoes and a teensy pack.
—Will Taylor, Outside Online, 26 June 2022
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Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2022
This is not the case with Pretty in Pink, which made $40 million on a comparatively teensy $9 million budget.
—Drew MacKie, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
Hummingbirds are accustomed to feeding at patches of flowers, where each blossom contains just a teensy-tiny amount of life-giving nectar.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022
Cascades with an overloaded pack and had just slogged a mile up 1,000 vertical feet, pausing before the valley that would lead to a cirque, when Ms. Ultralight swept up silently behind me wearing minimalist trail-running shoes and a teensy pack.
—Will Taylor, Outside Online, 26 June 2022
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