[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

little \lit"tle\, n.
   1. that which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or
      the like.
      1913 webster

            much was in little writ.              --dryden.
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            there are many expressions, which carrying with them
            no clear ideas, are like to remove but little of my
            ignorance.                            --locke.
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   2. a small degree or scale; miniature. " his picture in
      little." --shak.
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            a little, to or in a small degree; to a limited
            extent; somewhat; for a short time. " stay a
            little." --shak.
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            the painter flattered her a little.   --shak.
      

   by little and little, or little by little, by slow
      degrees; piecemeal; gradually.
      1913 webster
see also:
by little and little little by little 

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