What is the meaning of the word "little"?
Definitions:
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a small amount or duration
noun
- They accepted the little we gave them without complaint.
- They accepted the little we gave them without complaint.
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faint or difficult to hear
adjective
- Because I am shy, some say I speak with too little a voice.
- Because I am shy, some say I speak with too little a voice.
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limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
adjective
- a little dining room
- a little dining room
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lowercase
adjective
- little a
- little a
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not very much
adverb
- We talked little about our families.
- We talked little about our families.
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small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
adjective
- a nice little job
- a nice little job
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young, immature
adjective
- That's a little cat you've got there.
- That's a little cat you've got there.
Synonyms:
- fiddling
- footling
- lilliputian
- minuscule
- niggling
- petty
- picayune
- piddling
- piffling
- short
- slight
- small
- trivial