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little - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
little
Definition
(noun) a small amount or duration
Example Sentence
he accepted the little they gave him
Definition
(adj) limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Synonyms
:
small
Example Sentence
a little dining room
a little house
a small car
a little (or small) group
Definition
(adj) (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
Synonyms
:
slight
Example Sentence
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
Definition
(adj) (of children and animals) young, immature
Synonyms
:
small
Example Sentence
what a big little boy you are
small children
Definition
(adj) (informal) small and of little importance
Synonyms
:
fiddling
,
footling
,
lilliputian
,
niggling
,
petty
,
picayune
,
piddling
,
piffling
,
trivial
Example Sentence
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
Definition
(adj) (of a voice) faint
Synonyms
:
small
Example Sentence
a little voice
a still small voice
Definition
(adj) low in stature; not tall
Synonyms
:
short
Example Sentence
he was short and stocky
short in stature
a short smokestack
a little man
Definition
(adj) lowercase
Synonyms
:
minuscule
,
small
Example Sentence
little a
small a
e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
Definition
(adj) small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
Example Sentence
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
Definition
(adv) not much
Example Sentence
he talked little about his family
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