How do you use Lilliputian in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like little or niggling, plus the exact meaning.
Lilliputian meaning
- A very small person or being.
- A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.
Synonyms of Lilliputian
Using Lilliputian
- The main meaning on this page is: A very small person or being. | A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.
- Useful related words include: little, niggling, footling, fiddling.
Context around Lilliputian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lilliputian
- In this selection, "lilliputian" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, term, halters and bigot stand out and add context to how "lilliputian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include horses and lilliputian halters made and the lilliputian bigot a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lilliputian" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lilliputian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The term Lilliputian has entered many languages as an adjective meaning "small and delicate". (14 words)
In the covered arena, throngs of people shuffled past vendors selling T-shirts (“All women are created equal, but only the best ride horses”) and Lilliputian halters made out of strips of ribbon no wider than a toothpick. (38 words)
The Lilliputian bigot, a former Alabama Senator better known as The Keebler Elf But Racist, will be replaced for now by chief of staff at the Justice Department Matt Whitaker, a hulking bald Iowan who will now oversee the Robert Mueller investigation. (42 words)
The Lilliputian bigot, a former Alabama Senator better known as The Keebler Elf But Racist, will be replaced for now by chief of staff at the Justice Department Matt Whitaker, a hulking bald Iowan who will now oversee the Robert Mueller investigation. (42 words)
In the covered arena, throngs of people shuffled past vendors selling T-shirts (“All women are created equal, but only the best ride horses”) and Lilliputian halters made out of strips of ribbon no wider than a toothpick. (38 words)
The term Lilliputian has entered many languages as an adjective meaning "small and delicate". (14 words)
Example sentences (3)
In the covered arena, throngs of people shuffled past vendors selling T-shirts (“All women are created equal, but only the best ride horses”) and Lilliputian halters made out of strips of ribbon no wider than a toothpick.
The Lilliputian bigot, a former Alabama Senator better known as The Keebler Elf But Racist, will be replaced for now by chief of staff at the Justice Department Matt Whitaker, a hulking bald Iowan who will now oversee the Robert Mueller investigation.
The term Lilliputian has entered many languages as an adjective meaning "small and delicate".