Usually means: A small amount; somewhat; slightly.
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  1. a little (bit): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. a little: Wiktionary
  3. a little: Dictionary.com
  4. a little: Rhymezone
  5. a little: FreeDictionary.org
  6. a little: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. a little: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. a little: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. a little: Merriam-Webster
  10. a little: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  11. a little: Vocabulary.com
  12. A little: Wordnik
  13. a little: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  14. a little: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (a little)

▸ adverb:  To a small extent or degree.
▸ adverb:  Slightly.
▸ adverb:  (UK, meiosis) Very.
▸ adverb:  (UK, meiosis) A lot.
▸ adverb:  (UK, meiosis) A lot of.

Similar:
a bit, a trifle, a little bit, slightly, small, minorly, a tad, modestly, littly, less, more...

Opposite:
big, large, great, huge, enormous, immense, vast, massive, gigantic, colossal

Types:
tiny, small, miniscule, microscopic, more...

Phrases:
quite a little, even a little, a little bird told me, a little bit, a little something, more...

Adjectives:
so much, sm, something, all, mo, well, less, rather, so, so so, much



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Similar:
a bit, a trifle, a little bit, slightly, small, minorly, a tad, modestly, littly, less, more...

Opposite:
big, large, great, huge, enormous, immense, vast, massive, gigantic, colossal

Types:
tiny, small, miniscule, microscopic, more...

Phrases:
quite a little, even a little, a little bird told me, a little bit, a little something, not a little, a little bird, give a little, live a little, Mary Had a Little Lamb, A Little Life, A Million Little Things, more...

Adjectives:
so much, sm, something, all, mo, well, less, rather, so, so so, much



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