noun
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A thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
example
The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do.
adjective
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Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.
adjective
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Small in size.
example
This is a little table.
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Insignificant, trivial.
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It's of little importance.
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Very young.
example
Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little?
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(of a sibling) Younger.
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This is my little sister.
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(also Little) 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.
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Small in amount or number, having few members.
example
little money; little herd
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Short in duration; brief.
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I feel better after my little sleep.
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Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.