With negative emphasis: not much; only a slight amount or degree of; hardly any. Without adverbial modification.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > small in quantity, amount, or degree (8) littleeOE With negative emphasis: not much; only a slight amount or degree of; hardly any. Without adverbial modification. litec1175 Little in amount; not much of. smallc1325 Little in amount or quantity. Of a material thing or things. Also designating the number, quantity, etc., of a thing or things. somedealc1340 With a: a little; some. Obsolete. rare. slight1530 Small in amount, quantity, degree, etc. diminutive1602 Characterized by diminution; hence, of less size or degree than the ordinary; small, little. In later use, generally, a more forcible expression… minor1612 More generally: relatively small or (now) esp. unimportant; not regarded as being among the most notable of a specified group of persons or things… Subcategories:— specifically of something immaterial (1) |
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