little

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    n.

  • a small amount or duration

    he accepted the little they gave him

    adj.

  • limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; small

    a little dining room

    a little house

    a small car

    a little (or small) group

  • (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; little(a)

    little rain fell in May

    gave it little thought

    little hope remained

    little time is left

    we still have little money

    a little hope remained

  • of short duration or distance; brief

    a brief stay in the country

    in a little while

    it's a little way away

  • (of children and animals) young, immature; small

    what a big little boy you are

    small children

  • (informal) small and of little importance; fiddling, footling, lilliputian, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

    a fiddling sum of money

    a footling gesture

    our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war

    a little (or small) matter

    a dispute over niggling details

    limited to petty enterprises

    piffling efforts

    giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction

  • (of a voice) faint; small

    a little voice

    a still small voice

  • lowercase; minuscule, small

    little a

    small a

    e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters

  • small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)

    a nice little job

    bless your little heart

    my dear little mother

    a sweet little deal

    I'm tired of your petty little schemes

    filthy little tricks

    what a nasty little situation

    adv.

  • not much

    he talked little about his family


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

littler|littlest
syn.: bit mini miniature minimum puny short slight small teeny tiny wee

ant.: big much