Anything small, brief, young, or unimportant can be described as little. If you live in a little cottage, it means your house is very small, and quite possibly adorable. See examples of little used in a sentence.
The Little Rascals (1994) IMDb
The difficulty is commonly evaded by resort to a synonym (as smaller, smallest); Something much less than all: Least / ˈliːst/ also littlest / ˈlɪtl̟əst/ britannica dictionary definition of little 1 a :
A short distance or time:
Small in size or amount: (a) little and (a) few are quantifiers meaning ‘some’. I had little money and little free time. You can use 'so', 'too', and 'very' in front of little.
A little down the road; I know little of their history. We use them to mean ‘not as much as may be expected or wished for’. The meaning of little is not big.
Little and few have negative meanings.
1 little / ˈ lɪtl̟/ adjective less / ˈlɛs/ or lesser / ˈlɛsɚ/ also littler / ˈlɪtl̟ɚ/ ; You use little to indicate that there is only a very small amount of something. I find that i need very little sleep these. The oed says of the word little:
How to use little in a sentence. A small quantity or amount: the adjective has no recognized mode of comparison. In english, a little, little, a few, and few are used to describe small amounts of something, but they are used differently depending on whether the noun is countable or uncountable.
A small amount of food or drink:
A present that is not of great….
