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English to English adjective
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limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent |  | Example: a little dining room
a little house
a small car
a little (or small) group
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(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some | | Example: little rain fell in May
gave it little thought
little time is left
we still have little money
a little hope remained
there's slight chance that it will work
there's a slight chance it will work
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low in stature; not tall | | Example: he was short and stocky
short in stature
a short smokestack
a little man
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Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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(of children and animals) young, immature | | Example: what a big little boy you are
small children
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(informal) small and of little importance | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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(of a voice) faint | | Example: a little voice
a still small voice
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lowercase | | Example: little a
small a
e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
source: wordnet30
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small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context) | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30 adverb
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not much | | Example: he talked little about his family
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In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it. | | source: webster1913 noun
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a small amount or duration | | Example: he accepted the little they gave him
source: wordnet30
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That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like. | | source: webster1913
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