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smattering
[ smat-er-ing ]
noun
- a slight, superficial, or introductory knowledge of something:
a smattering of Latin.
- a small amount or number:
She’s written a smattering of poetry.
adjective
- slight or superficial.
smattering
/ ˈsmætərɪŋ /
noun
- a slight or superficial knowledge
- a small amount
Derived Forms
- ˈsmatteringly, adverb
Other Words From
- smatter·ing·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of smattering1
Example Sentences
At first, just a smattering of travelers tested positive, triggering work-from-home orders and panicked searches for masks.
In other words, each of us has a smattering of brain cells dedicated to modeling another mind inside our own heads.
There’s already a smattering of participants that includes schools, hotels and the military.
The TikToks performed fairly well, usually generating around 10,000 or so views and a smattering of comments.
Windows offer a bit more space, as well, along with a smattering of new symbols scattered throughout first-party apps like Mail and Calendar.
The long crypt tunnels into a hillside, only visible by a smattering of skylights peeking up between graves.
There was a smattering of clean-cut sensation seekers and a few actual Hindus as well.
“I will be here in August 2014,” he thundered to a smattering of laughs and applause.
For the non-greenhorn, though, there is fun to be had in the smattering of fearless, at times audacious, assertions.
“There were a smattering of reactions,” Hoyt told The Daily Beast.
All that was necessary was a slight knowledge of a Cabinet Minister, and a smattering of schooling.
No man who ever was in a quarry or gravel pit will say so, much less one who has the least smattering of chemistry or geology.
A Canadian who had picked up a smattering of German acted as interpreter.
For he had some sort of smattering of English literature which a Public School boy has no business to possess.
I had some smattering of geometry and fortification; my uncle was an engineer; I was in a manner a soldier by inheritance.
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