{s} cute; small; appealingly small (British Slang); overly small, unattractively small (Scottish Slang)
approval If you describe something as dinky, you mean that it is attractive and appealing, usually because it is quite small and well-designed. Darby drove a dinky old Fiat sports car
a small locomotive (British informal) pretty and neat; "what a dinky little hat"
disapproval If you describe something as dinky, you mean that it is small and unimportant. The hotels are full up, and the guests have had to go to this dinky little motel way out on Stewart Avenue