A small amount.
Can I try a little of that sauce?
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.
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.
Not much; not a large amount.
Little is known about his early life.