adj., -ni·er, -ni·est.

1. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak: a puny physique; puny excuses.
2. Chiefly Southern U.S. Sickly; ill.

[Variant of PUISNE.]

punily pu'ni·ly adv.
puniness pu'ni·ness n.

adjective

1. Not physically strong: decrepit, delicate, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, infirm, insubstantial, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, weakly. See strong/weak.
2. Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent: exiguous, meager, poor, scant, scanty, skimpy, spare, sparse, stingy, thin. Slang measly. See big/small/amount, excess/insufficiency/enough.

adj

Definition: small, insignificant
Antonyms: big, giant, huge, large, significant

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IN BRIEF: Small or weak.

I felt puny standing next to the world champion bodybuilder.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lille, ubetydelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
schraal, zwak

Français (French)
adj. - chétif, piteux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schwächlich, gering

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μικροσκοπικός, μικροκαμωμένος, ασήμαντος

Italiano (Italian)
debole, gracile, piccolo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - fraco, insignificante

Русский (Russian)
крошечный, тщедушный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - enclenque, endeble, insignificante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ynklig, liten, klen

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
微小的, 微不足道的, 弱小的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 微小的, 微不足道的, 弱小的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 자그마한, 발육이 나쁜

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ちっぽけな, 弱々しい, 取るに足らない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ضعيف البنيه, هزيل, ضئيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קטן, חלש, פחות-ערך‬

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