The word "diminutive" is correct and is widely used in written English.
You can use "diminutive" when referring to something which is very small in size. For example, "Her diminutive frame made her look younger than her actual age."
Davis's diminutive size kind of makes her the underdog in most of her matches, but underestimate her at your peril.
Tucked between mega-villas in a gated community just above Valdevaqueros beach, the diminutive house is fresh and contemporary inside, with big sliding glass doors on to a wraparound terrace and a dip-in, leap-out unheated pool.
Lloyds sits at the top of the hill above The Valley (Anguilla's diminutive capital), five minutes' walk from Crocus Bay.
The streets of Kowloon are a fashion parade in themselves, and watching the diminutive fashionistas sashay past is an education in dressing for the smaller figure that no magazine article could ever teach.
Her gender, diminutive stature and minimal camera equipment enabled Jane to put her subjects at ease.
Standing beside his leather-clad backing band 3RDEYEGIRL, the diminutive pop maestro thanked London for making him feel "extra loved" and handed out the best British female award to an awestruck Ellie Goulding.
Like Suan she is uneducated and illiterate, she works long hours in a rickety hut behind the majestic Ta Prohm ruins making the jewellery that Suan's diminutive size and angelic face help her to sell.
The Graceland Suite is undoubtedly the most celebrated, given that it is an imitation Graceland mansion in diminutive form.
She liked to be at the same height or slightly higher than her subjects: given her diminutive stature, this sometimes led to unorthodox requests – Michael Parkinson reclining on the floor of ITN's reception; Björk perched on rubbish bins outside the MTV studios in Camden Town.
Once upon a time, more or less every team had one, the relevant player's name usually prefixed by "diminutive" and "Scot"; Tony Green, for example.
Jones is due to take Arthur Lowe's role as the pompous and diminutive Captain Mainwaring, with Nighy as the dry and taciturn Sergeant Wilson.
