little

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”
• “a small voice”

(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 hope remained”
• “little time is left”
• “we still have little money”

of short duration or distance

• “a brief stay in the country”
• “in a little while”
• “it”

not fully grown

• “what a big little boy you are”
• “small children”

(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”
• “giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction”

(of a voice) faint

• “a little voice”
• “a still small voice”

younger brother or sister

• “little brother”

lowercase

• “little a”
• “small a”
• “e.e.cummings”

small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)

• “a nice little job”
• “bless your little heart”
• “my dear little mother”
• “a sweet little deal”
• “I”
• “;”
• “;”

not much

• “he talked little about his family”

a small amount or duration

• “he accepted the little they gave him”