Whit

Quick meaning: Whit is a noun meaning The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

Meaning

The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

More Meanings

1. Pronunciation spelling of with.

Example Sentences

Star. I beleeue we muſt leaue the killing out, when all is done. Bot. Not a whit: I haue a deuice to make all well.

Now I was eight and very small, / And he was no whit bigger / And so I smiled, but he poked out / His tongue, and called me, 'Nigger.'

But now another idea had obtruded itself, and was rapidly crowding his original intentions into the background. That American fortune was not to be sneezed at, nor was its possessor a whit less attractive.

In conclusion, I would remark that the great railway stations of London deserve to be visited every whit as much as St. Paul's Cathedral, the Abbey, or the Tower, and they are as worthy a memento of this century as those buildings are of the days that are gone.

Word Forms

• whits

Synonyms for whit

Depending on context, synonyms include bit, iota, jot, scrap, ace, atom.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge, shred, scintilla.

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