1. extremely small; tiny
Usage: often used to emphasize smallness
2. petty or trivial in character or scope
Usage: often used disparagingly

1. a very small person or thing
Usage: literary

Examples

• The lilliputian cottage looked like a dollhouse next to the mansion.
• She collected lilliputian figurines that fit in the palm of her hand.
• The committee spent hours debating lilliputian details instead of major issues.
• His lilliputian concerns about punctuation distracted from the paper’s main argument.
• The garden featured lilliputian trees that were perfectly proportioned miniatures.
• Among the lilliputians in the fairy tale, even a mouse seemed enormous.