Dictionary definition · little
noun
- a small amount or duration"he accepted the little they gave him"
adjective
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent"a little dining room"
- (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"
- (of children and animals) young, immature"what a big little boy you are"
- (informal) small and of little importance"a fiddling sum of money"
- (of a voice) faint"a little voice"
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal"he was short and stocky"
- lowercase"little a"
- small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)"a nice little job"
adverb
- not much"he talked little about his family"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).