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Discover LudwigThe phrase "small but quick" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that may not be large in size but is fast or efficient in its function or movement. Example: "The small but quick rabbit darted across the field, evading the predator with ease."
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Small, but quick and spirited.
His teams were often small but quick, thrived on pressure defense and passed well.
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The Eagles are smaller, but quicker to loose balls and out-rebounding Tennessee in the early going.
So Coach Maurice Hicks went with a smaller but quicker lineup, and Lincoln could make only three of 20 attempts from the field in the first half, as Rice took a 26-14 lead.
After splitting the first two games, Kings coach Rick Adelman changed his defensive scheme: before, Webber had defended Nowitzki one-on-one, but now, the Kings coach ordered his smaller but quicker player Hedo Turkoglu to cover the German.
Romario, too, was small — but artfully quick, impishly alert and wickedly improvisational, which let him score his impressive goal total he claims to have accumulated since childhood.
The laptop drive is understandably small, but also quick with 128MB maximum read speed and 70MB write speed via 3Gbps SATA interface.
He himself is a firecracker of a dancer — small, tight-strung, but quick and wild.
Amy was a small but alert and quick baby who crawled and started using words early on.
But small and quick failures are the best way to succeed in a venture.
If he can overcome his preseason hamstring problems and continue his development, the small but surprisingly strong (and certainly quick) second-year pro will offer enough dynamic qualities to make defenses eventually have to plan for him.
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