English to English
adjective
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
A little dining room.
A little house.
A small car.
A little (or small) group.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (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.
Gave it little thought.
Little time is left.
We still have little money.
A little hope remained.
There's slight chance that it will work.
There's a slight chance it will work.
source: WordNet 3.0
- low in stature; not tall
He was short and stocky.
Short in stature.
A short smokestack.
A little man.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a small amount or duration
He accepted the little they gave him.
source: WordNet 3.0
- That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
- not much
He talked little about his family.
source: WordNet 3.0
- In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- (of children and animals) young, immature
What a big little boy you are.
Small children.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (informal) small and of little importance
A fiddling sum of money.
A footling gesture.
Our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war.
A little (or small) matter.
A dispute over niggling details.
Limited to petty enterprises.
Piffling efforts.
Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (of a voice) faint
A little voice.
A still small voice.
source: WordNet 3.0
- lowercase
Little a.
Small a.
E.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters.
source: WordNet 3.0
- small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
A nice little job.
Bless your little heart.
My dear little mother.
A sweet little deal.
I'm tired of your petty little schemes.
Filthy little tricks.
What a nasty little situation.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [lítl] Kaonti; muntî
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
