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- little :a small amount or duration
- he accepted the little they gave him
- little :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
- little :not much
- he talked little about his family
- little :(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 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
- little :(of children and animals) young, immature
- what a big little boy you are|small children
- little :(informal) 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|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
- little :(of a voice) faint
- a little voice|a still small voice
- little :low in stature; not tall
- he was short and stocky|short in stature|a short smokestack|a little man