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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