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单词 littler
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Littler
adj satadj.allsmall or little relative to something else
Synset:smaller
Antonyms:largebig
Inherited Hypernyms:smaller
Similar to:little small
adjadj.alllimited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Attributes:size
Synset:little small
Examples:
  • a little dining room
  • a little house
  • a small car
  • a little (or small) group
Antonyms:largebig
Derivationally Related Form:smallnesslittleness
Inherited Hypernyms:small
Similar to:atomic bantam diminutive flyspeck lilliputian midget petite tiny bittie bitty itsy-bitsy itty-bitty teensy teensy-weensy teentsy teeny teeny-weeny wee weensy weeny dinky insignificant dwarfish elfin elflike gnomish half-size infinitesimal minute lesser micro microscopic microscopical miniature miniscule minuscule olive-sized pocket-size pocket-sized pocketable puny runty shrimpy slender slim small-scale littler smaller smallish subatomic undersize undersized
adjadj.all(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with 'a') at least some
Synset:little slight
Examples:
  • little rain fell in May
  • gave it little thought
  • little time is left
  • we still have little money
  • a little hope remained
  • there's slight chance that it will work
  • there's a slight chance it will work
Antonyms:much
Inherited Hypernyms:little
Similar to:small
See also:less
adj satadj.all(of children and animals) young, immature
Synset:little small
Examples:
  • what a big little boy you are
  • small children
Antonyms:old
Inherited Hypernyms:little
Similar to:immature young
adj satadj.all(informal) small and of little importance
Domain Usage:colloquialism
Synset:fiddling footling lilliputian little niggling petty picayune piddling piffling trivial
Examples:
  • 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
Antonyms:important
Derivationally Related Form:triviapettinesstrivializelittlenesstriviality
Inherited Hypernyms:fiddling
Similar to:unimportant
adj satadj.all(of a voice) faint
Synset:little small
Examples:
  • a little voice
  • a still small voice
Antonyms:loud
Derivationally Related Form:smallnesslittleness
Inherited Hypernyms:little
Similar to:soft
adjadj.alllow in stature; not tall
Attributes:height stature
Synset:little short
Examples:
  • he was short and stocky
  • short in stature
  • a short smokestack
  • a little man
Antonyms:tall
Derivationally Related Form:shortness
Inherited Hypernyms:short
Similar to:chunky dumpy low-set squat squatty stumpy compact heavyset stocky thick thickset half-length pint-size pint-sized runty sawed-off sawn-off short-stalked squab squabby
See also:low
adj satadj.alllowercase
Synset:little minuscule small
Examples:
  • little a
  • small a
  • e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
Antonyms:uppercase
Inherited Hypernyms:little
Similar to:lowercase
adj satadj.allsmall in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
Examples:
  • a nice little job
  • bless your little heart
  • my dear little mother
  • a sweet little deal
  • I'm tired of your petty little schemes
  • filthy little tricks
  • what a nasty little situation
Antonyms:unemotional
Inherited Hypernyms:little
Similar to:emotional
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