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Little
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.
(2):
(a.) Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water.
(3):
(a.) Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; - opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
(4):
(a.) Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.
(5):
(a.) Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
(6):
(a.) Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence.
(7):
(adv.) In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; - often with a preceding it.
(8):
(n.) A small degree or scale; miniature.
(9):
(n.) That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Little'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/little.html. 1828.
