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Definition of little : 1. A small degree or scale; miniature.
2. In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; - often with a preceding it.
3. Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.
4. Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.
5. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
6. Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion; little effort; little care or diligence.
7. Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water.
8. Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; - opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
9. That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.

Synonyms:

infinitesimal, half-size, smallest, apart, piffling, fine, lesser, whose side are you on?, foolish, flattery will get you anywhere, abrupt, littler, occasionally, rarely, mock, shortsighted, seldom, frivolous, within limits, bittie, discreet, micro, low-slung, away, variable, superficial, all the way, subnormal, transient, pocket-sized, insular, passing, soft, flyspeck, further, floating, scrubby, humble, from, unimportant, serial, count on, lower-ranking, restricted, only, Confucius says/Confucius he say, Mickey Mouse, particular, exclusive, once in a blue moon, undersized, footling, short-term, invisible, lowercase, junior-grade, teentsy, far, cramped, pygmy, itsy-bitsy, specific, toylike, smaller, emotional, small-minded, inconsequent, barely, birdie, minuscular, secondary, insignificant, small-fry, fleeting, boo-boo, sectarian, midget, cold, gnomish, abuse, elflike, inappreciable, embryonic, least, inconsiderable, low-lying, choo-choo, wizened, pint-size, lowly, long, atomic, younger, infrequently, poor, rare, bitty, youth, short-lived, restrictive, out, large, elfin, light, small-scale, base, inconstant, finite, surprise, surprise, trivial, cross, detailed, stubby, bang, exact, mean, molecular, petty, teensy-weensy, weensy, long-distance, belittled, myopic, circumstantial, immature, critical, sporadically, miniscule, pocket-size, provincial, imperceptible, unretentive, incidental, brusque, few and far between, subaltern, minuscule, were you born/raised in a barn?, brusk, fast, limiting, inconsequential, niggling, dwarf, dinky, temporary, slender, prohibitive, once or twice, illiberal, lilliputian, inadequate, wide, rarity, parochial, narrow-minded, littlest, sawed-off, young, comminuted, precise, just what I (have always) wanted, wicked, mere, bow-wow, bunny, diminished, snub, usual, shrimpy, unforesightful, forgetful, under control, big, ridicule, half-pint, undersize, fiddling, limited

few, narrow

condensed, clipped, puny, picayune, compact, brief, short, petite, small, squat, stumpy, succinct, concise, low, curt, abridged, runty

minimum, sparse, spotty, scarce, insufficient

minute, teeny-weeny, baby, slight, slim, itty-bitty, tiny, smallish, modest, minimal, deficient, weeny, scant, piddling, microscopic, bantam, negligible, miserly, minor, beggarly, scrawny, delicate, diminutive, scanty, trifling, nugatory, dwarfish, spare, meager, ungenerous, teensy, teeny, wee, sparing, pocket, miniature, niggardly, stingy, toy, paltry

weak

meaningless, irrelevant, unconsidered, of no consequence/of little consequence

Usage examples:

• " I have come to- night for a little talk with you, Mr. Rockamore. - "The Crevice", William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander.
• Not yet, but there is very little hope. - "The Window at the White Cat", Mary Roberts Rinehart.
• I think that she was a little afraid of you. - "Jeanne of the Marshes", E. Phillips Oppenheim.