Definitions for little

Definitions for (noun) little

Main entry: little

Definition: a small amount or duration

Usage: he accepted the little they gave him


Definitions for (adj) little

Main entry: little

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

Usage: 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


Main entry: trivial, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, lilliputian, little, footling, fiddling

Definition: (informal) small and of little importance

Usage: 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


Main entry: little, small

Definition: limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

Usage: a little dining room; a little house; a small car; a little (or small) group


Main entry: little, small

Definition: (of a voice) faint

Usage: a little voice; a still small voice


Main entry: little, small, minuscule

Definition: lowercase

Usage: little a; small a; e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters


Main entry: slight, little

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

Usage: 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


Main entry: little, small

Definition: (of children and animals) young, immature

Usage: what a big little boy you are; small children


Main entry: short, little

Definition: low in stature; not tall

Usage: he was short and stocky; short in stature; a short smokestack; a little man


Definitions for (adv) little

Main entry: little

Definition: not much

Usage: he talked little about his family


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