Meaning : Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
Example :
A little dining room.
A little house.
A small car.
A little (or small) group.
Synonyms : small
Meaning : (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree. Not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some.
Example :
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.
Synonyms : slight
(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent.
Not much rain.Meaning : (of children and animals) young, immature.
Example :
What a big little boy you are.
Small children.
Synonyms : small
Meaning : (informal) small and of little importance.
Example :
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.
Synonyms : fiddling, footling, lilliputian, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial
Meaning : Small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context).
Example :
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.