a small matter
English
Adverb
a small matter
- (obsolete) Somewhat; slightly; a little.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World, Dialogue 2:
- […] if that it were possible to remove the impediment of the Air, which resisting penetration, doth some small matter retard and impede the motion of the pendulum.
- 1788, Philosophical Transactions (Royal Society) 79.4:
- The socket and spindle being a small matter taper.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World, Dialogue 2:
Related terms
- a little matter
- a matter
- some little matter
- some small matter
References
- “a small matter” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.