littlest - Meaning in Tamil

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little - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of littlest in English

little adjective

1. small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)

   Examples

   • "a nice little job"
   • "a sweet little deal"
   • "bless your little heart"
   • "filthy little tricks"
   • "I'm tired of your petty little schemes"
   • "my dear little mother"
   • "what a nasty little situation"
2. (informal) small and of little importance

   Synonyms

   fiddling, footling, lilliputian, lilliputian, niggling, petty, petty, picayune, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial

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   Examples

   • "a dispute over niggling details"
   • "a fiddling sum of money"
   • "a footling gesture"
   • "a little (or small) matter"
   • "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
   • "limited to petty enterprises"
   • "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
   • "piffling efforts"
3. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

   Synonyms

   small, small

   Examples

   • "a little (or small) group"
   • "a little dining room"
   • "a little house"
   • "a small car"
4. (of a voice) faint

   Synonyms

   small, small

   Examples

   • "a little voice"
   • "a still small voice"
5. lowercase

   Synonyms

   minuscule, small, small

   Examples

   • "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
   • "little a"
   • "small a"
6. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

   Synonyms

   slight

   Examples

   • "a little hope remained"
   • "gave it little thought"
   • "little rain fell in May"
   • "little time is left"
   • "there's a slight chance it will work"
   • "there's slight chance that it will work"
   • "we still have little money"
7. (of children and animals) young, immature

   Synonyms

   small, small

   Examples

   • "small children"
   • "what a big little boy you are"
8. low in stature; not tall

   Synonyms

   short, short

   Examples

   • "a little man"
   • "a short smokestack"
   • "he was short and stocky"
   • "short in stature"

little abverb

1. not much

   Example

   • "he talked little about his family"

little noun

1. a small amount or duration

   Example

   • "he accepted the little they gave him"

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