Little Brown Handbook 12th Edition Exercise Answers

Small, little, diminutive, minute, tiny, miniature mean noticeably below average in size. Small and little are often interchangeable, but small applies more to relative size determined by capacity, value, number. I know little of their history.

A little down the road; Definition of little adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary. 6 days agothe oed says of the word little:

Little, diminutive, minute, small refer to that which is not large or significant. Little (the opposite of big) is very general, covering size, extent, number, quantity, amount, duration, or degree: See examples of little used in a sentence.

Little means not very often or to only a small extent. On their way back to marseille they spoke very little. The animals were covered in dust, but otherwise little affected.

Anything small, brief, young, or unimportant can be described as little. If you live in a little cottage, it means your house is very small, and quite possibly adorable. Some common synonyms of little are diminutive, miniature, minute, small, and tiny.

While all these words mean "noticeably below average in size," little is more absolute in implication often carrying.