Little

Word LITTLE
Character 6
Hyphenation lit tle
Pronunciations /ˈlɪ.ɾɫ̩/

Definitions and meanings of "Little"

What do we mean by little?

Small in size. adjective

Small in quantity or extent: synonym: small. adjective

Short in extent or duration; brief. adjective

Unimportant; trivial. adjective

Narrow; petty. adjective

Having scant power or influence; of minor status. adjective

Being at an early stage of growth; young. adjective

Younger or youngest. Used especially of a sibling. adjective

Not much; scarcely. adverb

Not in the least; not at all. adverb

A small quantity or amount. noun

Something much less than all. noun

A short distance or time. noun

(a little) Somewhat; a bit. idiom

(little by little) By small degrees or increments; gradually. idiom

Not large or much.

Not large in number; having few constituent, members or parts: as, a little army or fleet; a little city.

Not much; of small amount, quantity, or degree; restricted; limited: as, a little food or drink; little joy or happiness; little influence.

A small amount.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Little

The word "little" in example sentences

By the end, it's almost arbitrary which is little comfort, I know, but hopefully it is, well....a *little* comfort ❋ JLK (2009)

But now I is a little older a *little* only and can use mah newfound maturity to turn those naughty bois over mah knee and teach them some manners. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I love all the little treats, candies, lipgloss..little slippers, cards, ribbons.. love that red w/ white polka dot ribbon.. ❋ Holly (2007)

"Okay Mom .. move this arm a little to the left, now crouch just a little… okay .. we're making progress." ❋ Chubbychic (2006)

Similarly, when the travel agent says ˜Reno is the biggest little city™, we do not interpret her as overlooking the vagueness of ˜little city™. ❋ Sorensen, Roy (2006)

I've found on planetmagrathea.com that this sentence of Slartibartfast's is changed in the feature film but the formula remains: ... so that Slartibartfast no longer claims to “know little of these early sixties sitcoms of which you speak” but instead knows “little of this cheese of which you speak. ❋ Unknown (2005)

And I had to laugh a little when we got into a *little* argument last night over how long his hair is! ❋ Unknown (2005)

_He that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little_. ❋ Mary W. Tileston (N/A)

Of all his poems, however, the loveliest and best is a little simple song, _There was a time when I was very little_, which every Dane, high or low, knows by heart, and which is matchless in its simplicity and pathos. ❋ Various (N/A)

If a girl of high ideals is thinking about them now and knows that she has of late been tempted to lower them a little, let me ask her to look at them very earnestly before she consents to tarnish them _even a little_. ❋ Margaret Slattery (N/A)

Put the white of one egg and a little rose water into half a pound of pulverized sugar, and heat them together till they stand; when it is nearly light enough, add a few drops of lemon juice, or a small portion of tartaric acid, dissolved in a _little_ water. ❋ Elizabeth E. Lea (N/A)

German idioms, that the phrase _kaum 6 Stunden_, is not to be rendered as though it meant _no more or less than 6_; but rather thus: "but little more than 6;" -- the "_little more_," in this indefinite form of expression, being a very uncertain quantity, it may be an hour or so. ❋ Various (N/A)

Consequence for a _defensive_ and _offensive Armes_, that I could not but a little consider, how needful the true knowledge of its Use was esteemed of Old, and how _little it is accounted_ now. ❋ Robert Howlett (N/A)

’ The good dame too, with matron modesty, and an affectionate simplicity that marked the olden time, offered her cheek to the departing guest—‘It’s little the like of us can do, ’ she said, ‘little indeed—but yet—if there were but onything——’24 ❋ Unknown (1917)

The women sit silent, their faces white in the dawn that now comes stealing in at the window, conquering the candle-light by little and little_. ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

Ah, he was a little too sure; a _little_ too sure! ❋ Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1901)

Another bad little fox is, "_Just a little_" pride, self-will, worldly conformity, etc. ❋ Charles Ebert Orr (1897)

"I wouldn't be a bit afraid of a little, _little_ one." ❋ Clara Louise Burnham (1890)

'A little more, Davy -- I have just to get a _little_ worse -- and ❋ Humphry Ward (1885)

A little later he asked anxiously, "Do you s'pose they'd let a fellow join when he's twelve even if he is just a _little_ lame?" ❋ Unknown (1883)

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