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