Little

lit′l, adj. ( comp. Le ; superl. Least ) small in quantity or extent: weak, poor: brief.— n. that which is small in quantity or extent: a small space.— adv. in a small quantity or degree: not much.— ns. Litt′le-ease , discomfort, misery: a form of punishment, as the stocks; Litt′le-end′ian , one of the Lilliputian party who opposed the Big-endians , maintaining that boiled eggs should be cracked at the little end; Litt′le-go (see Go ); Litt′lene ; Litt′le-off′ice , a short service of psalms, hymns, collects, .— adj. Litt′leworth , worthle .— By little and little , by degrees; In little , on a small scale; Not a little , considerably. [A.S. lýtel .]