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(adverb) not much; "he talked little about his family" |
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(adjective) younger and (at least formerly) smaller than another though relative size is not the issue; "little brother" |
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Synonyms: younger |
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Antonyms: big |
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(satellite adjective) contemptibly narrow in outlook; "a little mind consumed with trivia"; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with the pettiness of small minds" |
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Synonyms: petty, small, small-minded |
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(satellite adjective) (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice" |
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Synonyms: small |
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(satellite adjective) lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" |
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Synonyms: minuscule, small |
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(adjective) (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 hope remained"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "a little time isleft" |
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Antonyms: much |
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(satellite adjective) very young; "a little child"; "small children" |
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Synonyms: small |
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(noun) a small amount or duration; "he accepted the little they gave him" |
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Related Words: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity |
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(adjective) limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a small house"; "read the small print"; "a little (or small) group" |
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Synonyms: small |
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Antonyms: big |
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(satellite adjective) of short duration; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while" |
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Synonyms: brief |
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(satellite adjective) of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "the little man"; "peanut politicians"; "a crowd of small writers had vainly attempted to rival Addison"- Macaulay |
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Synonyms: insignificant, peanut, small |
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(satellite adjective) used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a small miserly man" |
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Synonyms: mean, mingy, miserly, small, tight |
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(satellite adjective) (informal terms) 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" |
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Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
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