supertiny

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ tiny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsuːpəˈɹˈtaɪni/

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Adjective

supertiny (comparative more supertiny, superlative most supertiny)

1. Extremely tiny.
   • 1986, Barry E. Zimmerman, Contemporary Books‎^[1], Contemporary Books, →ISBN, page 113:

     "Couldn't a virus be merely a supertiny bacterium that can make it through a filter?"

   • 2003, Barry E. Zimmerman, David J. Zimmerman, Killer germs: microbes and diseases that threaten humanity, page 103:

     But as the twentieth century dawned, scientists had hardly passed the point of asking, "Couldn't a virus be merely a supertiny bacterium that can make it through a filter?"

   • 2007 July 26, David Pogue, “Here Is Your Pen Scanner, Mr. Bond”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     Those were all fictional, but that’s not to say that supertiny spylike gadgetry doesn’t exist.

Anagrams

• supernity