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LITTLE





Definition:

  1. [adverb] not much; "he talked little about his family"

  2. [noun] a small amount or duration; "he accepted the little they gave him"

  3. [adjective] limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"; "a small voice"
    Synonyms: small

  4. [adjective] (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "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"; "a little time is left"

  5. [adjective] of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"
    Synonyms: brief

  6. [adjective] not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"
    Synonyms: small

  7. [adjective] (informal terms) small and of little importance; "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"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "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"
    Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

  8. [adjective] (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
    Synonyms: small

  9. [adjective] younger brother or sister; "little brother"
    Synonyms: younger

  10. [adjective] lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
    Synonyms: minuscule, small

  11. [adjective] 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"

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