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a mite

Adverb

Meaning

a mite (not comparable)

(informal) To a small extent; in a small amount; rather.
Synonyms: a bit, a little, a little bit, a tad, a smidgen
Antonym: a lot

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Examples

The fact that you know the questions,” he said, a mite grudgingly, "tends to make me think you might really know the answers. Avram Davidson

There wouldn't be half as much fun in the world if it weren't for children and men, and there ain't a mite of difference between them under the skins. Ellen Glasgow

Then in my heart a fear Cried out, "A life - why, beautiful, why dead!" It was a mite that held itself most dear, So small I could have drowned it with a tear. Karl Shapiro

The mother of dissension is smaller than a mite. Scottish Gaelic Proverb

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