| 释义 |
▪ I. littly, littlie, n.|ˈlɪtlɪ|
[f. little a. + -y6, -ie.]
A small child or person; pl., small children, the younger children of a family, etc.
1893–4R. O. Heslop Northumb. Words II. 453 Littlie, a smaller person than others. 1961A. Upfield Bony & White Savage v. 41 How's she? How's the littlies? 1967B. Jefferis One Black Summer vi. 122 Can you see Hilary instructing the littlies at Sunday school?
▪ II. littly, adv.|ˈlɪtlɪ|
[f. little a. + -ly2.]
In a small, modest, undistinguished way.
1897F. Thompson New Poems 137 Littly he sets him to the daily way. 1905Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) II. 177 To strut agreeably, littly, as in the average production. |