Little in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
Little in Kashmiri कॉशुर
Little in English
- little⇄adj. 1. not great or big; small. A grain of sand is little.
Ex. She was called tall and gawky by some ... of her own sex, who prefer littler women (Thackeray).
2. short; not long in time or distance; brief.
Ex. Wait a little while and - little⇄adv. 1. in a small amount or degree; slightly.
Ex. The teacher read from an interesting book that was little known to us. A zeal little tempered by humanity (Macaulay). They live in a little-known town. Little-known metals are now coming into use ( - little⇄expr. in little, on a small scale; in miniature.
Ex. to paint in little. A miniature of loveliness, all grace summ'd up ... in little (Tennyson). - little⇄expr. little by little, by a small amount at a time; slowly; gradually.
Ex. Weak and dead for hunger, I went little by little up the street (David Rowland). - little⇄expr. make little of, to treat as of little importance.
Ex. She made little of her troubles. - little⇄expr. not a little, a great deal; much; extremely; very.
Ex. We are not a little upset by the incident. - little⇄expr. think little of,
a. to not value much; consider as unimportant or worthless.
Ex. the critic thought little of the painting.
b. to not hesitate about.
Ex. He thought little of commuting to Washington. - little⇄little, adjective, lessorlesser,least;orlittler,littlest;adverb, less,least;noun.
- little⇄noun littleness.
- little⇄noun 1. a small amount, quantity, or degree.
Ex. Add a little. He had a big box of candy but gave his sister only a little. He knows very little about the subject.
2. a short time or distance.
Ex. Move a little to the left. After a lit