Hefty
Hefty adjective - Of a size greater than average of its kind.
Usage example: received a hefty donation from the local business association for holiday lights along Main Street
Little
Little adjective - Having relatively little height.
Usage example: there was a little hedge separating the two lawns
Nearby Word: littleness
Both words in one sentence
- So he takes out his pipe — his big, hefty pipe like all Germans have — and shows it to the French border patrol, who are stunned because they have such little, ineffectual pipes.
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Fortunately, she gets caught and is forced from office while her little source of info gets a hefty jail sentence.
- If you hit a diamond with a hammer, you will get lots of little, sharp diamond shards and a hefty bill from the diamond's owner.
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