little
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I. adjective
(littler or less or lesser; littlest or least)
Etymology: Middle English littel, from Old English lȳtel; akin to Old High German luzzil little
Date: before 12th century
1. not big: as
a. small in size or extent ; tiny <
has little feet
>
b. young <was too little to remember
>
c. of a plant or animal small in comparison with related forms — used in vernacular names
d. having few members or inhabitants <a little group
> <little towns
>
e. small in condition, distinction, or scope <big business trampling on the little fellow
>
f. narrow, mean <the pettiness of little minds
>
g. pleasingly small <a cute little thing
>
h. — used as an intensive <why, you little devil!
>
2. not much: as
a. existing only in a small amount or to a slight degree <has little money
>
b. short in duration ; brief
c. existing to an appreciable though not extensive degree or amount — used with a <had a little money in the bank
>
3. small in importance or interest ; trivial
Synonyms: see small
• littleness noun
II. adverb
(less; least)
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. in only a small quantity or degree ; slightly <facts that were little known at the time
>
b. not at all <cared little for their neighbors
>
2. rarely, infrequently
III. noun
Date: before 12th century
1. a small amount, quantity, or degree; also practically nothing <little has changed
>
2.
a. a short time
b. a short distance
New Collegiate Dictionary.
2001.
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