'dinky' definitions:
Definition of 'dinky'
From: WordNet
adjective
Small and insignificant; "we stayed in a dinky old hotel"
adjective
(British informal) pretty and neat; "what a dinky little hat"
noun
A small locomotive [syn: dinky, dinkey]
Definition of 'dinky'
From: GCIDE
- dinky \dinky\ adj.
- 1. small and insignificant; shabby or unimpressive; as, he drove to work in a dinky old Volkswagen; we stayed in a dinky little hotel. [informal] [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. pretty and neat; fashionable or well-dressed; as, what a dinky little hat. [British informal] [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'dinky'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anal,
- back-burner,
- cramped,
- dispensable,
- exiguous,
- half-pint,
- immaterial,
- inappreciable,
- inconsequential,
- inconsiderable,
- inessential,
- inferior,
- insignificant,
- irrelevant,
- knee-high,
- lesser,
- limited,
- little,
- minor,
- minute,
- neat,
- negligible,
- nonessential,
- not vital,
- one-horse,
- petit,
- petite,
- piddling,
- pindling,
- pint-sized,
- poky,
- puny,
- secondary,
- shipshape,
- short,
- sleek,
- slick,
- slight,
- small,
- small-fry,
- small-time,
- smallish,
- smart,
- snug,
- spruce,
- technical,
- tidy,
- tight,
- trig,
- trim,
- two-by-four,
- unessential,
- unimpressive,
- unnoteworthy,
- well-cared-for,
- well-groomed