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littleness

Variant of little

adjective littler or less or lesser, littlest or least

  1. small in size; not big, large, or great
  2. small in amount, number, or degree; not much
  3. short in duration or distance; brief; not long
  4. small in importance or power: the rights of the little man
  5. small in force, intensity, etc.; weak
  6. trivial; trifling
  7. lacking in breadth of vision; narrow-minded; illiberal: a little mind
  8. young: said of children or animals
  9. younger: her little brother

adverb less, least

  1. in a small degree; to a slight extent; only slightly; not much
  2. not in the least: he little suspects the plot

noun

    1. small amount, degree, etc.: often used with a and having adverbial force: a little crazy
    2. not much: little will be done about it
  1. a short time or distance

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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