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not a little1A great deal (of); much: not a little consternation was caused...- Once you rent a site you have to adapt it to suit the kind of drama you're shooting and that involves a great deal of work and not a little cost.
- It will take a great deal of effort, and not a little imagination, to sustain the peace process and make it yield positive results until a durable reconciliation is reached.
- Put the bag somewhere safe, warn people away and call the authorities who will deal with the incident with little fuss and not a little gratitude.
1.1Very: it was not a little puzzling...- For a week prior to Easter Sunday, Seville's famed Semana Santa processions trail evocatively, and sometimes not a little eerily, through the streets.
- I'm puzzled, a bit worried, and not a little peeved that this should be the case.
- Still he was smiling, if not a little painfully now.
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