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How to pronounce little in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fiddling, footling, lilliputian, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial
Derivation littleness


a little (or small) matter.
Type Words
Synonyms minuscule, small


little a.
Type Words
Synonyms short


a little man.
Type Words
Synonyms slight


little rain fell in May.
gave it little thought.
little time is left.
we still have little money.
a little hope remained.
Type Words
Synonyms small


what a big little boy you are.
Type Words
Synonyms small
Derivation littleness


a little voice.
Type Words
Synonyms small
Derivation littleness


a little dining room.
a little house.
a little (or small) group.
Type Words
Type of small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity


he accepted the little they gave him.
Type Words


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.

Examples of little

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These are the savvy users that generate little or no revenue for Google already.
From the techcrunch.com
Little topsoil was left after the new building, so compost helps replenish that.
From the tennessean.com
Thanks to the tax cuts we passed, Americans'paychecks are a little bigger today.
From the abcnews.go.com
The Avs converted a little more than three minutes into the extended power play.
From the stltoday.com
The goal is to bring as little with you into the theater as is humanly possible.
From the stltoday.com
When I first moved to St. Louis, I found it a little hard to get to know people.
From the stltoday.com
It looks a little like a catwoman tribute, but I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
From the stltoday.com
How can a parcel of land, of that size get sold for that little amount of money.
From the newsday.com
Safety concerns made little notice imperative, county engineer Brian Stacy said.
From the thenewstribune.com
More examples
  • A small amount or duration; "he accepted the little they gave him"
  • Not much; "he talked little about his family"
  • Small: 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"
  • Little(a): (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 ...
  • (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"
  • Fiddling: (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 ...
  • (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
  • Short: low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
  • Little is a surname and may refer to *Andrew Little (footballer), Northern Irish footballer currently playing for Rangers. ...