little

Words with a similar base: little

'little'

[little.n.01] as in: a small amount or duration

Examples:
he accepted the little they gave him

'little'

[small.a.01] as in: limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

Examples:
a little dining room
a little house
a small car
a little (or small) group

'little'

[little.a.02] as in: (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

Examples:
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

'little'

[little.s.01] as in: (of children and animals) young, immature

Examples:
what a big little boy you are
small children

'little'

[fiddling.s.01] as in: (informal) small and of little importance

Examples:
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

'little'

[little.s.03] as in: (of a voice) faint

Examples:
a little voice
a still small voice

'little'

[short.a.03] as in: low in stature; not tall

Examples:
he was short and stocky
short in stature
a short smokestack
a little man

'little'

[little.s.04] as in: lowercase

Examples:
little a
small a
e.e.cummings's

poetry is written all in minuscule letters

'little'

[little.s.05] as in: small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)

Examples:
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

'little'

[little.r.01] as in: not much

Examples:
he talked little about his family

Origins

					little (English)
└── litel (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── lytel (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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