Little
Little adjective - Having relatively little height.
Usage example: there was a little hedge separating the two lawns
Stumpy and little are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stumpy" instead an adjective "Little".
Nearby Word: littleness
Stumpy
Stumpy adjective - Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature.
Usage example: a stumpy ungainly figure
Both words in one sentence
- Some versions of the myth explain that when Zeus threw the bears into the sky to become constellations, he grabbed them by their stumpy little tails, and the tails were stretched when they were thrown.
Source: Inexplicably Tailless -
Real moose have stumpy little tails, even shorter than that of most other deer.
Source: Cartoony Tail
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