Thesaurus: little

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1. a. Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
2. a. Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.
3. a. Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water.
4. a. Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.
5. a. Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence.
6. a. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
7. n. That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.
8. n. A small degree or scale; miniature.
9. adv. In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.
10. adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
11. adj. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
12. adj. (of children and animals) young, immature