What part of speech is little?

Little can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. little is a noun, singular of littles.
  • 2. little is an adjective.
  • 3. little is an adverb.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

What does little mean?

Definitions

Adjective
little - (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
little - (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "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"
little - small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context); "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"
little - lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
little - (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

Adverb
little - not much; "he talked little about his family"

Noun
little - a small amount or duration; "he accepted the little they gave him"
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Examples of little

#   Sentence  
1. noun He accepted the little they gave him.
2. noun This writer has for years regarded the best solution to the Kashmir problem as being the trifurcation of the Indian part of the state into a Hindu-majority Jammu, a Buddhist-dominated Ladakh and the overwhelmingly Muslim Kashmir Valley, with the third state given little of taxpayers' money but substantial autonomy.
3. noun I found a poor little mouse walking around in my friends house, and since I was able to catch it very easily (normally mice move at the speed of light), and since it was acting unresponsive, I thought it was infected with mouse poison, since my friend uses it.
4. noun I didn't end up buying my car here, but I did think the guy who worked with me was pretty cool - he was willing to budge a little on the price which means a lot to me.
5. noun IF YOU WANT A LITTLE CAJUNISH FOOD - IT IS GOOD.
6. noun One guy is a little surley, but who gives a crap as long as your car's work is outstanding.
7. noun In the past, I got a steak and there was more fat and rough pieces than there was good steak (and this was the sirloin!), the sides were drenched with butter and the salad was a little on the brown side.
8. noun their pizza was a little salty for me, but its still good.
9. noun Supplies of food were low and we had to ration out the little that was left.
10. noun Well then, let's show a little of our real strength shall we?
11. noun Truth is like a disco ball, and only one of the tiny little mirrors it is made up of is actually yours.
12. noun He had looked at twenty very much as he looked at sixty, lacking a little of the grayness.
13. noun By helping an insect out of difficulty, I do nothing more than try to erode a little of the never-ending human guilt towards creation.
14. noun Put a little of brandy in my tea.
15. noun I told Tom to eat a little of everything.
16. adj. A little voice.
17. adj. Little rain fell in May.
18. adj. Gave it little thought.
19. adj. Little time is left.
20. adj. We still have little money.
21. adj. A little hope remained.
22. adj. A nice little job.
23. adj. Bless your little heart.
24. adj. My dear little mother.
25. adj. A sweet little deal.
26. adj. I'm tired of your petty little schemes.
27. adj. Filthy little tricks.
28. adj. What a nasty little situation.
29. adj. Little a.
30. adj. What a big little boy you are.
31. adv. He talked little about his family.
32. adv. Four whole months, after which he took advantage of a little-known, little-invoked regulation that allowed him to desert his "band of brothers".
33. adv. This little-noted interview with Blount's nephew Murph Archibald, which appeared on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered on March 30, 2004, gives a devastating insight into what it was like to have to suffer through Bush in that period.
34. adv. But Samuel Alito believes in a little-known Constitutional theory - called the "Unitary Executive Theory" - which says that the President should have complete control over the Executive Branch, and that the Executive Branch should be in charge of almost everything that the Government actually does, including the functions of the Independent Agencies which were designed to be free of Presidential control, and the Military, which exists, which is regulated, and which is funded by specific authority given by the Constitution to Congress, not to the President.
35. adv. These changes, while significant, were concentrated in the elite, and for the vast majority of the population life was little changed from the Middle Ages.
36. adv. Little did I know that I would soon be needing her help as well!
37. adv. It hurt very little, felt more like pressure than pain.
38. adv. You had better stay here a little longer.
39. adv. You should not think little of this result.
40. adv. Your estimation of him is a little high, to say the least.
41. adv. I little dreamed of seeing you here.
42. adv. I have seen little of him of late.
43. adv. I have seen little of him lately.
44. adv. Gas is a little cheaper with self-service, now that deregulation is kicking in.
45. adv. We enjoyed seeing the city, but we got a little tired.
Sentence  
noun
He accepted the little they gave him.
This writer has for years regarded the best solution to the Kashmir problem as being the trifurcation of the Indian part of the state into a Hindu-majority Jammu, a Buddhist-dominated Ladakh and the overwhelmingly Muslim Kashmir Valley, with the third state given little of taxpayers' money but substantial autonomy.
I found a poor little mouse walking around in my friends house, and since I was able to catch it very easily (normally mice move at the speed of light), and since it was acting unresponsive, I thought it was infected with mouse poison, since my friend uses it.
I didn't end up buying my car here, but I did think the guy who worked with me was pretty cool - he was willing to budge a little on the price which means a lot to me.
IF YOU WANT A LITTLE CAJUNISH FOOD - IT IS GOOD.
One guy is a little surley, but who gives a crap as long as your car's work is outstanding.
In the past, I got a steak and there was more fat and rough pieces than there was good steak (and this was the sirloin!), the sides were drenched with butter and the salad was a little on the brown side.
their pizza was a little salty for me, but its still good.
Supplies of food were low and we had to ration out the little that was left.
Well then, let's show a little of our real strength shall we?
Truth is like a disco ball, and only one of the tiny little mirrors it is made up of is actually yours.
He had looked at twenty very much as he looked at sixty, lacking a little of the grayness.
By helping an insect out of difficulty, I do nothing more than try to erode a little of the never-ending human guilt towards creation.
Put a little of brandy in my tea.
I told Tom to eat a little of everything.
adj.
A little voice.
Little rain fell in May.
Gave it little thought.
Little time is left.
We still have little money.
A little hope remained.
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.
Little a.
What a big little boy you are.
adv.
He talked little about his family.
Four whole months, after which he took advantage of a little-known, little-invoked regulation that allowed him to desert his "band of brothers".
This little-noted interview with Blount's nephew Murph Archibald, which appeared on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered on March 30, 2004, gives a devastating insight into what it was like to have to suffer through Bush in that period.
But Samuel Alito believes in a little-known Constitutional theory - called the "Unitary Executive Theory" - which says that the President should have complete control over the Executive Branch, and that the Executive Branch should be in charge of almost everything that the Government actually does, including the functions of the Independent Agencies which were designed to be free of Presidential control, and the Military, which exists, which is regulated, and which is funded by specific authority given by the Constitution to Congress, not to the President.
These changes, while significant, were concentrated in the elite, and for the vast majority of the population life was little changed from the Middle Ages.
Little did I know that I would soon be needing her help as well!
It hurt very little, felt more like pressure than pain.
You had better stay here a little longer.
You should not think little of this result.
Your estimation of him is a little high, to say the least.
I little dreamed of seeing you here.
I have seen little of him of late.
I have seen little of him lately.
Gas is a little cheaper with self-service, now that deregulation is kicking in.
We enjoyed seeing the city, but we got a little tired.
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