Available Definitions:
1) a. - Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
2) a. - Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.
3) a. - Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water.
4) a. - Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.
5) a. - Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence.
6) a. - Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
7) n. - That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.
8) n. - A small degree or scale; miniature.
9) adv. - In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.