littler

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective small or little relative to something else
  2. adjective limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
  3. adjective (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

Etymology

From little + -er.

Synonyms

smaller

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