Little
//ˈlɪ.tl̩//
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The word "little" can be used as adjective, adjective, noun, proper noun, adverb, pronoun, determiner and adverb.
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Fermat's little theorem Gowrie Little Plain Graham-Little syndrome Graham-Little-Piccardi-Lassueur syndrome Great and Little Hampden Great and Little Leighs I spy with my little eye LBFM Little Armenia Little Back Creek Little Baguio Little Barford Little Bay Little Bealings Little Belt Little Berlin Little Billabong Little Billing Little Billington Little Bispham Little Black Spot Mesa Little Black Spot Mountain Little Bokhara Little Bookham Little Bourton Little Bowden Little Brampton Little Brickhill Little Bridgeford Little Britain Little Buenos Aires Little Bytham Little Chalfont Little Chesterford Little Christmas Little Clacton Little Colorado River Little Comberton Little Compton Little Crater Lake Little Dalby Little Desert Little Dewchurch Little Dipper Little Douglas Little Downham Little Dunham Little Dunmow Little Eaton Little England Little Englander Little Falls Little Forest Little France Little Gem Little Grove Little Hadham Little Hampton Little Harrowden Little Hartley Little Havana Little Haven Little Hereford Little Houghton Little Hulton Little Ice Age Little Ilford Little Irchester Little Island Little Italy Little Jacks Creek Little Jilliby Little Kimble Little London Little Lumley Little Malvern Little Marlow Little Massingham Little Mill Little Missenden Little Missouri Little Monster Little Mountain Little Mulgrave Little Munden Little Murray Little Ness Little Oakley Little Osage Little Ouse Little Packington Little Palestine Little Pelican Little Petherick Little Pine Lagoon Little Plain Little Ponton Little Ponton and Stroxton Little Ramallah Little Red Book Little Red Riding-Hood Little Rhody Little River Little River-Academy Little Rock Little Russia Little Russian Little Saigon Little Salkeld Little Sandy Desert Little Scotland Little Shelford Little Silver Little Smeaton Little Snoring Little Sodbury Little Somerford Little Stoke Little Stour Little Strickland Little Sutton Little Tew Little Thetford Little Tokyo Little Topar Little Traverse Little Valley Little Venice Little Village Little Walsingham Little Weighton Little Welnetham Little Wenlock Little Whelnetham Little Wilbraham Little Wobby Little Wratting Little Yeldham Littlehampton Littlehaven Littlemill Littleton My Little Pony Newton and Little Oakley NoLIta O me of little faith O ye of little faith South Littleton a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds a little bird told me a little bit a little bit of bread and no cheese a little from column A and a little from column B a little goes a long way a little knowledge is a dangerous thing a little learning is a dangerous thing a little matter a little of something goes a long way a little of the creature and your little dog too big fish eat little fish big fish in a little pond big-fish-little-pond effect busy little beaver by little and little cry like a little girl do a little bit of trolling do a little trolling do-little don't worry your pretty little head every little bit helps every little helps fighting little judge grandlittle great cry and little wool great oaks from little acorns grow happy little vegemite have little time for have-a-little how's every little thing in a little while in little in one's own little way in one's own little world leave little to the imagination little Dick little Dick Fisher little Eichmann little Ivy little Johnny little Timmy little auk little barley little bit little bittern little black ant little black book little black cormorant little black dress little black serotine little blue man little blue pill little bluestem little bluestem grass little boy little boy's room little boys room little boys' room little bronze cuckoo little brother little brown dove little brown job little brown jug little bunting little bush moa little bustard little by little little casino little cassino little corella little did one know little dodo little dog syndrome little egret little emperor little emperor syndrome little finger little fingernail little folk little friarbird little friend little girl little girl's room little girls room little girls' room little go little grebe little green bee-eater little green man little gull little guy little hand little hat little head little hour little house little lady little language little lorikeet little lunch little mad little man little man in the boat little millet little minivet little nail little name little office little ol' little old little old me little ole little one little owl little peach little penguin little people little person little piecer little pink little pitcher little pitchers have big ears little pitchers have long ears little professor little raven little red dot little ringed plover little school little sib little sibling little sister little slam little slick little space little spiderhunter little spoon little spotted cat little spotted kiwi little stint little strokes fell great oaks little summer of St Luke little summer of St. Luke little swimmer little tern little tinamou little toe little toenail little tunny little v little white lie little white mushroom little white shakers syndrome little woman little wonder little-ease little-endian little-girlish little-go little-known little-minded little-used littlefur littlein littleleaf littleneck littleness littlie littling littlish littlun littly litty live a little make little of mighty oaks from little acorns grow mother's little helper not a little oh me of little faith oh ye of little faith one little duck poor little meow meow poor little rich boy poor little rich girl precious little say hello to my little friend show a little ginger some little matter take one's sweet little time tall oaks from little acorns grow think little of think with one's little head to little avail twist around one's little finger two little ducks unlittle wind around one's little finger wrap around one's little finger ye gods and little fishes ye of little faith
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adjective ageplay amount ant bear belittle cognate verb big bit chicken describes describes small describes tiny describing describing small description diminutive double double tee few form height height description hood huge insignificant least less li'l like like small like tiny little by little little old means means small means tiny measure middle miniature minute mouse mouse name much name people petite quantity riding riding hood role size small small size small thing small tiny small wee smallness something tiny stuart stuart mouse tee teeny tees tiny tiny small trivial twiddle two two tees very very small wee young
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atomic bantam bittie bitty chunky compact diminutive dinky dumpy dwarfish elfin elflike emotional emotional flyspeck gnomish half-length half-size heavyset immature infinitesimal insignificant itsy-bitsy itty-bitty less lesser lilliputian littler low low-set lowercase micro microscopic microscopical midget miniature miniscule minuscule minute olive-sized petite pint-size pint-sized pocket-size pocket-sized pocketable puny runty sawed-off sawn-off short-stalked shrimpy slender slim small small small-scale smaller smallish smol soft soft squab squabby squat squatty stocky stumpy subatomic teensy teensy-weensy teentsy teeny teeny-weeny thick thickset tiny undersize undersized unimportant wee weensy weeny young young
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