little (
http://definr.com/little)
adj 1: 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"; " a small
voice" [syn:
small] [ant:
large,
large]
2: (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" [syn:
little(a)] [ant:
much(a)]
3: of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the
country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"
[syn:
brief]
4: not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are"; "small
children" [syn:
small]
5: (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"; "Mickey Mouse
regulations"; "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" [syn:
fiddling,
footling,
lilliputian,
Mickey Mouse,
niggling,
piddling,
piffling,
petty,
picayune,
trivial]
6: (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
[syn:
small]
7: younger brother or sister; "little brother" [syn:
little(a),
younger] [ant:
big(a)]
8: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is
written all in minuscule letters" [syn:
minuscule,
small]
9: 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"
n : a small amount or duration; "he accepted the little they
gave him"
adv : not much; "he talked little about his family"