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little
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 little
A small amount or duration.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 little
Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent:
— A little dining room.
— A little house.
— A little (or small) group.
synoniem: small.
Roget 897:
loving
etc.
v.;
fond of;
taken with,
struck with;
smitten,
bitten;
attached to,
wedded to;
enamored;
charmed
etc.
v.;
in love;
love-sick;
over head and ears in love,
head over heels in love.
affectionate,
tender,
sweet upon,
sympathetic,
loving;
amorous,
amatory;
fond,
erotic,
uxorious,
ardent,
passionate,
rapturous,
devoted,
motherly.
loved
etc.
v..
beloved well beloved,
dearly beloved;
dear,
precious,
darling,
pet,
little;
favorite,
popular.
congenial;
after one's mind,
after one's taste,
after one's fancy,
after one's own heart,
to one's mind,
to one's taste,
to one's fancy,
to one's own heart.
in one's good graces
etc.
(friendly)
888;
dear as the apple of one's eye,
nearest to one's heart.
lovable,
adorable;
lovely,
sweet;
attractive,
seductive,
winning;
charming,
engaging,
interesting,
enchanting,
captivating,
fascinating,
bewitching;
amiable,
like an angel.
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Roget 940:
dishonest,
dishonorable;
unconscientious,
unscrupulous;
fraudulent
etc.
545;
knavish;
disgraceful
etc.
(disreputable)
974;
wicked
etc.
945.
false-hearted,
disingenuous;
unfair,
one-sided;
double,
double-hearted,
double-tongued,
double-faced;
timeserving†,
crooked,
tortuous,
insidious,
Machiavelian,
dark,
slippery;
fishy;
perfidious,
treacherous,
perjured.
infamous,
arrant,
foul,
base,
vile,
ignominious,
blackguard.
contemptible,
unrespectable,
abject,
mean,
shabby,
little,
paltry,
dirty,
scurvy,
scabby,
sneaking,
groveling,
scrubby,
rascally,
pettifogging;
beneath one.
low-minded,
low-thoughted†;
base-minded.
undignified,
indign†;
unbecoming,
unbeseeming†,
unbefitting;
derogatory,
degrading;
infra dignitatem [Lat.],
beneath one's dignity;
ungentlemanly,
ungentlemanlike;
unknightly†,
unchivalric†,
unmanly,
unhandsome;
recreant,
inglorious.
corrupt,
venal;
debased,
mongrel.
faithless,
of bad faith,
false,
unfaithful,
disloyal;
untrustworthy;
trustless,
trothless†;
lost to shame,
dead to honor;
barratrous.
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Roget 32:
small,
little;
diminutive
etc.
(small in size)
193;
minute;
fine;
inconsiderable,
paltry
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
faint
etc.
(weak)
160;
slender,
light,
slight,
scanty,
scant,
limited;
meager
etc.
(insufficient)
640;
sparing;
few
etc.
103;
low,
so-so,
middling,
tolerable,
no great shakes;
below par,
under par,
below the mark;
at a low ebb;
halfway;
moderate,
modest;
tender,
subtle.
inappreciable,
evanescent,
infinitesimal,
homeopathic,
very small;
atomic,
corpuscular,
microscopic,
molecular,
subatomic.
mere,
simple,
sheer,
stark,
bare;
near run.
dull,
petty,
shallow,
stolid,
ungifted,
unintelligent.
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Pools: niewielki, mały, nieduży
2 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.
synoniem: slight.
3 little
of children and animals Young, immature:
— What a big little boy you are.
synoniem: small.
Pools: mały, nieduży, niedorosły
4 little
informal Small and of little importance:
— A little (or small) matter.
synoniemen: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial.
Roget 193:
little;
small
etc.
(in quantity)
32;
minute,
diminutive,
microscopic;
microzoal;
inconsiderable
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
exiguous,
puny,
tiny,
wee,
petty,
minikin†,
miniature,
pygmy,
pigmy†,
elfin;
undersized;
dwarf,
dwarfed,
dwarfish;
spare,
stunted,
limited;
cramp,
cramped;
pollard,
Liliputian,
dapper,
pocket;
portative†,
portable;
duodecimo†;
dumpy,
squat;
short
etc.
201.
impalpable,
intangible,
evanescent,
imperceptible,
invisible,
inappreciable,
insignificant,
inconsiderable,
trivial;
infinitesimal,
homoeopathic†;
atomic,
subatomic,
corpuscular,
molecular;
rudimentary,
rudimental;
embryonic,
vestigial.
weazen†,
scant,
scraggy,
scrubby;
thin
etc.
(narrow)
203;
granular
etc.
(powdery)
330;
shrunk
etc.
195;
brevipennate†.
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Pools: bagatelny
5 little
of a voice Faint:
— A little voice.
synoniem: small.
6 little
Low in stature; not tall:
— A little man.
synoniem: short.
Roget 201:
short,
brief,
curt;
compendious,
compact;
stubby,
scrimp;
shorn,
stubbed;
stumpy,
thickset,
pug;
chunky [U.S.],
decurtate†;
retrousse†;
stocky;
squab,
squabby†;
squat,
dumpy;
little
etc.
193;
curtailed of its fair proportions;
short by;
oblate;
concise
etc.
572;
summary.
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Pools: nikczemnego wzrostu, konusowaty, kurduplowaty
7 little
8 little
Small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context).
bijwoord
1 little
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