Meaning

• A small amount.

  "Can I try a little of that sauce?"

Meaning

• Small in size.

  "This is a little table."

• Insignificant, trivial.

  "It's of little importance."

• Very young.

  "Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little?"

• (of a sibling) Younger.

  "This is my little sister."

• (also Little) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.

• Small in amount or number, having few members.

  "little money;  little herd"

• Short in duration; brief.

  "I feel better after my little sleep."

• Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.

Meaning

• Not much.

  "This is a little known fact.  She spoke little and listened less."

• Not at all.

  "I was speaking ill of Fred; little did I know that he was right behind me, listening in."

Meaning

• Not much; not a large amount.

  "Little is known about his early life."