toity
3
9.9
- adjective
- /ˈtɔɪti/
- Informal
:
pequeñito
Examples
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You're so hoity-toity all of a sudden.
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Yeah, it's just Greg's parents are so hoity-toity.
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"Honey, I don't know what to say to your hoity-toity friends."
Fiction book (2001) -
If it makes Aunt Bess happy to have candles, let her. "It's hoity-toity," he grumbled.
Fiction book (1999) -
She acts so hoity-toity British, and she's really an Aussie.
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They're going to have this big fundraiser party-thing on Friday and all the young, hoity-toity couples are going to come.
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She folded down her tartan skirt and walked out the door with a hoity-toity air, ludicrous, I thought, in a down-and-out.
Fiction book (2002) -
The tiny puppy has a toity face that makes everyone smile.
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She decorated her room with toity plants and cute toys.
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The toity kitten played with a ball of yarn, charming everyone around her.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Attractive in a small, pretty, or charming way
∞
1.0
So small it can fit in your hand
862
1.0
Young and not fully grown
78
1.0
Very small in size so you can hold it in one hand
58
8.1
Very small, like a baby mouse
23
5.4
Very small and hard to notice
17
6.3
Very small in a way that seems cute
14
4.9
Small and pretty in a delicate, graceful way
10
2.0
A little smaller than usual
8
6.3
A very small thing that is much smaller than usual
Very small and cute in a way that makes people smile
Very cute and small, like a tiny pet or toy
Very small and cute
Very small in size or amount
So small that you can hardly see it
Being small and cute in a playful way, like a tiny puppy or baby
Antonyms
How Cute
Surface Forms
Etymology
Toity is a playful modern word. A helpful way to remember it is that it sounds like toy and tiny, so toity means 'small and cute'.