Sentence:  In a <WSD>small</WSD> way this is illustrated by the nineteenth century novelist who argued for the powerful influence of literature as a teacher of society and who illustrated this with the way a girl learned to meet her lover , how to behave , how to think about this new experience , how to exercise restraint . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent