How to use little in a sentence. A short distance or time: Small in size or amount:
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1 little / ˈ lɪtl̟/ adjective less / ˈlɛs/ or lesser / ˈlɛsɚ/ also littler / ˈlɪtl̟ɚ/ ; A present that is not of great…. I had little money and little free time.
Something much less than all:
I find that i need very little sleep these. If you live in a little cottage, it means your house is very small, and quite possibly adorable. Little and few have negative meanings. A little down the road;
I know little of their history. You use little to indicate that there is only a very small amount of something. A small quantity or amount: See examples of little used in a sentence.
You can use 'so', 'too', and 'very' in front of little.
We use them to mean ‘not as much as may be expected or wished for’. The meaning of little is not big. The difficulty is commonly evaded by resort to a synonym (as smaller, smallest); A small amount of food or drink:
The oed says of the word little: Least / ˈliːst/ also littlest / ˈlɪtl̟əst/ britannica dictionary definition of little 1 a : 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.
Anything small, brief, young, or unimportant can be described as little.
(a) little and (a) few are quantifiers meaning ‘some’.
