there's more than just a tad of hyperbole in the critics' praise for the promising young pianist
grandfather never tires of telling us about the days when he was just a tad
Recent Examples on the WebEven our protagonist could use a tad more detailing.—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024 Had July been a tad hotter, the planet could have laid claim to a 14-month streak of such threshold-passing temperatures.—Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 13 Sep. 2024 The interest rate for a Direct PLUS Loan disbursed between July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025 is fixed at 9.08% for the entire term — a tad higher than the current 8.52% home equity loan average.—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024 The Diamond data showed little improvement in representation, with South Asians off-screen nudging up a tad to 2.6% and on-screen holding steady at 4.9% – figures that have barely improved since before the pandemic.—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tad
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Word History
Etymology
probably from English dialect, toad, from Middle English tode — more at toad
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