dinky

UK: /ˈdɪŋkɪ/ US: /ˈdɪŋki/ ,(ding′kē)

Inflections of 'dinky' (adj):

dinkier

adj comparative

dinkiest

adj superlative

Inflections of 'dinky' (n): npl: dinkies

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

dink•y /ˈdɪŋki/   adj., -i•er, -i•est. 

1. Informal Terms small and unimpressive:
   a dinky apartment.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

dink•y  (ding′kē), adj., dink•i•er, dink•i•est, n., pl. dink•ies. 
adj. 

1. Informal Terms small, unimportant, unimpressive, or shabby:
   We stayed in a dinky old hotel.
2. British Terms fashionable;
   well dressed;
   smart.

n. 

3. dinkey.

• 1780–90; compare Scots dink neatly dressed, trim (of obscure origin, originally); sense shift perh.: trim dainty small insignificant; see -y¹

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dinky / ˈdɪŋkɪ/ adjective (dinkier, dinkiest)

1. small and neat; dainty
2. inconsequential; insignificant

Etymology: 18th Century (in the sense: dainty): from dink¹