little

IPA: ɫˈɪtʌɫ

noun

  • (chiefly uncountable or in the singular) A small amount.
  • (countable, informal) A child; particularly an infant.
  • An adult in a child-like role:
  • (countable, university slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority or fraternity, who is mentored by a big.
  • (countable, BDSM, ABDL) The participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role.
  • (countable) One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.
  • A surname.
  • An unincorporated community in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States, named after the local Little family.
  • An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.

adjective

  • Small in size.
  • Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
  • Insignificant, trivial.
  • (offensive) Used to belittle a person.
  • Very young.
  • (of a sibling) Younger.
  • (often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
  • (derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.
  • Having few members.
  • (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a small scale.
  • Short in duration; brief.
  • Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.

adverb

  • Not much.
  • Not at all.
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Examples of "little" in Sentences

  • You should relax a little bit.
  • I think it's overrated a little bit in difficulty.
  • The article feels a little bit patchy at the moment.
  • To call it spamming is a little bit overhasty, isn't it
  • That explains a little bit of the convoluted nature of the writing.
  • The interior is a little less spartan and austere than the exterior.
  • The case of speculators is a little more technical, and less obvious.
  • Assuming he was a little less stingy and gave the army a little raise
  • The sentence as it is, appears to me to be a little bit of a mouthful.
  • They are assuming he was a little less stingy and gave the army a little raise.

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