little
adjective
- 1
small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
a nice little job
bless your little heart
- 2
(informal) small and of little importance
a fiddling sum of money
a footling gesture
- 3
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
a little dining room
a little house
- 4
(of a voice) faint
a little voice
a still small voice
- 5
lowercase
little a
small a
- 6
(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
- 7
(of children and animals) young, immature
what a big little boy you are
small children
- 8
low in stature; not tall
he was short and stocky
short in stature
adverb
- 1
not much
he talked little about his family
noun
- 1
a small amount or duration
he accepted the little they gave him
Also useful for “little”:Unscrambler— Rearrange the letters in “little”