1.a small amount or duration;
he accepted the little they gave him
2.limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent;
a little dining room
3.(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
4.of short duration or distance;
a brief stay in the country
5.not fully grown;
what a big little boy you are
6.(informal terms) small and of little importance;
a fiddling sum of money
7.(of a voice) faint;
a little voice
8.younger brother or sister;
little brother
9.lowercase;
little a
10.small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context);
a nice little job
11.not much;
he talked little about his family