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little as in not much
- “he talked little about his family“
little as in a small amount or duration
- “he accepted the little they gave him“
little as in limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- “a little dining room“
- “a little house“
- “a small car“
- “a little (or small) group“
Synonyms
- small on a small scale; the slender part of the back ; a garment size for a small person ; limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; relatively moderate, limited, or small; (of children and animals) young, immature; slight or limited; low or inferior in station or quality; lowercase; (of a voice) faint; have fine or very small constituent particles; not large but sufficient in size or amount; made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
little as in (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“
- “little time is left“
- “we still have little money“
- “a little hope remained“
- “there’s slight chance that it will work“
- “there’s a slight chance it will work“
Synonyms
- little(a)
- slight pay no attention to, disrespect; a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) ; (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; lacking substance or significance; being of delicate or slender build
little as in (of children and animals) young, immature
- “what a big little boy you are“
- “small children“
Synonyms
- small on a small scale; the slender part of the back ; a garment size for a small person ; limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; relatively moderate, limited, or small; (of children and animals) young, immature; slight or limited; low or inferior in station or quality; lowercase; (of a voice) faint; have fine or very small constituent particles; not large but sufficient in size or amount; made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
little as in (informal) small and of little importance
- “a fiddling sum of money“
- “a footling gesture“
- “our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war“
- “a little (or small) matter“
- “a dispute over niggling details“
- “limited to petty enterprises“
- “piffling efforts“
- “giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction“
Synonyms
- fiddling (informal) small and of little importance
- footling (informal) small and of little importance
- lilliputian a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) ; a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift ; tiny; very small; (informal) small and of little importance
- niggling (informal) small and of little importance
- piddling (informal) small and of little importance
- piffling (informal) small and of little importance
- petty larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) ; inferior in rank or status; (informal) small and of little importance; contemptibly narrow in outlook
- picayune (informal) small and of little importance
- trivial (informal) small and of little importance; of little substance or significance; concerned with trivialities
little as in (of a voice) faint
- “a little voice“
- “a still small voice“
Synonyms
- small on a small scale; the slender part of the back ; a garment size for a small person ; limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; relatively moderate, limited, or small; (of children and animals) young, immature; slight or limited; low or inferior in station or quality; lowercase; (of a voice) faint; have fine or very small constituent particles; not large but sufficient in size or amount; made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
little as in low in stature
- “not tall“
- “he was short and stocky“
- “short in stature“
- “a short smokestack“
- “a little man“
Synonyms
- short cheat someone by not returning him enough money ; create a short circuit in ; the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed ; accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference ; the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base ; quickly and without warning; without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; clean across; at some point or distance before a goal is reached; so as to interrupt; at a disadvantage; in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; primarily temporal sense; (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; low in stature; of insufficient quantity to meet a need; (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; lacking foresight or scope; tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; marked by rude or peremptory shortness
little as in lowercase
- “little a“
- “small a“
- “e.e.cummings’s poetry is written all in minuscule letters“
Synonyms
- minuscule the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor’s type case ; a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts ; of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; lowercase; extremely small
- small on a small scale; the slender part of the back ; a garment size for a small person ; limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; relatively moderate, limited, or small; (of children and animals) young, immature; slight or limited; low or inferior in station or quality; lowercase; (of a voice) faint; have fine or very small constituent particles; not large but sufficient in size or amount; made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
little as in small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- “a nice little job“
- “bless your little heart“
- “my dear little mother“
- “a sweet little deal“
- “I’m tired of your petty little schemes“
- “filthy little tricks“
- “what a nasty little situation“