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• n  a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• n  a sparkling glittering particle

• Matalin: I won't even pretend that I have one scintilla of understanding of it.
• The police had not one scintilla of evidence .
• Troche, scintilla, poliomyelitis, calyx, cirrus, piccalilli, lachrymose, geodesy, insipid .

• shred
• whit
• iota
• tittle
• smidgen
• smidgeon
• smidgin
• smidge

News & Articles

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• Cobble Hill Grocer Fights To Stop J Crew Takeover
  As corporate chains systematically drain every last scintilla of uniqueness out of New York City, one locally-owned business is desperately trying to avoid becoming a statistic. Popular Cobble Hill greengrocer Pacific Green, located on the corner of Pacific and Court streets, is being pushed out to make way for a J Crew and an ever-increasing feeling that this could be anywhere . Co-owner Billy ...
  July 22, 2013 - Gothamist

Quotes

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• J Edgar Hoover in FOXNews
  When Anderson reported that the FBI was keeping tabs on Albert's private life, Hoover wrote the speaker, "Characteristic of this jackal, none of the statements made about you and the FBI in this column has a scintilla of foundation."
• Reggie B Walton in Los Angeles Times
  On Feb. 19, Walton, who had reviewed four still-secret FBI memos about the status of the anthrax investigation, said: "There is not a scintilla of evidence that would indicate that Dr. Hatfill had anything to do with this."
• John Paul Stevens in Washington Post
  Imagine a petitioner in Davis's situation who possesses new evidence conclusively and definitively proving, beyond any scintilla of doubt, that he is an innocent man,Stevens wrote. "The dissent's reasoning would allow such a petitioner to...