dwarfIsh

[Eng. dwarf; -ish.] 1. Lit.: Below the natural or ordinary size; stunted like a dwarf. "Distorted like some dwarfish ape." Scott: Lay of the Last Minstrel , ii. 31. 2. Fig .: Petty, insignificant. "This dwarfish war, these pigmy arms." Shakesp.: King John, v. 2. dwarf-ish-ly, adv . [Eng. dwarfish ; -ly.] Like a dwarf.