a little
Idioms-
A small amount, as in Will you have some more meat? Yes, just a little . [Early 1400s]
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Somewhat or rather, slightly, as in I am a little annoyed with Harry . [Late 1300s] For a synonym, see a bit .
Example Sentences
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"People have got to cut him a little bit of slack," Brook said.
From BBC
“So there’s a little distance between the two of us.”
From Los Angeles Times
“I think that we have gone a little bit too far in allowing leniency and trying to be compassionate,” he said, “and sometimes maybe forgetting what it was that victims went through.”
From Los Angeles Times
I made a little documentary film a few years ago, in which I interviewed an Israeli historian named Shlomo Sand.
From Salon
“There’s a little bit of that feeling of vindication,” Cole said.
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