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How to pronounce scintilla in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms iota, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit
Type of small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
Type Words
Type of particle, subatomic particle
Derivation scintillate

Examples of scintilla

scintilla
If Mrs. Pelosi had a scintilla of integrity, she would have fallen on her sword.
From the washingtontimes.com
Tell me, gutty, how are you able to function without a scintilla of common sense?
From the latimes.com
There was not a scintilla of nonchalance throughout the entire 45 minutes of the work.
From the kentucky.com
He managed to speak about all of this without a scintilla of pontification or superiority.
From the online.wsj.com
There isn't a scintilla of scientific evidence underlying belief in racial differences.
From the post-gazette.com
In this tale of human imperfectibility, the devil gets his due and not a scintilla more.
From the time.com
Having said that, I have not seen a scintilla of evidence that it was ever done at Fox News.
From the post-gazette.com
In reality, there was never a scintilla of a possibility that England would win the trophy.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Do they take one scintilla of responsibility for their actions?
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • Shred: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  • A sparkling glittering particle
  • Scintilla is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
  • Scintilla is a free library that provides text-editing functions, with an emphasis on advanced features for source code editing. SciTE (cross-platform), Notepad++ (Windows) and Notepad2 (Windows) are standalone editors based on Scintilla.
  • A small spark or flash; A small or trace amount
  • (Latin) Spark; found in Lucretius and other ancient philosophical writers on cosmogony. See also SPARK
  • (the Italian and Latin word for spark) may refer to:
  • A glimmer; a spark; the slightest particle or trace.
  • A spark or very small thing.