noun
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A small amount.
example
Can I try a little of that sauce?
adjective
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Small in size.
example
This is a little table.
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Insignificant, trivial.
example
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.
example
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.
example
I feel better after my little sleep.
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Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
adverb
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Not much.
example
This is a little known fact. She spoke little and listened less.
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Not at all.
example
I was speaking ill of Fred; little did I know that he was right behind me, listening in.
pronoun
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Not much; not a large amount.
example
Little is known about his early life.