Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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little | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
colloquialism | Yes | No | No | No |
little (noun) | colloquialism (noun) |
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a small amount or duration | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
little (adjective) | colloquialism (adjective) |
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low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal | |
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent | |
(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some | |
small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context) | |
lowercase | |
(of a voice) faint | |
(informal) small and of little importance | |
(of children and animals) young, immature |
little (adverb) | colloquialism (adverb) |
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not much |