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"little" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often small (5 letters).
Definitions
Small in size or amount
Word origin
From Middle English litel, litell, luitel, lutel, lutil, luytel, from Old English lȳtel, lyttel, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtil (“little”), from *lūtan (“to bow down, lout”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bow down, lout”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to bend, crouch, duck”), equivalent to lout + -le.
Used in a sentence
“This is a little table.”
“It’s only a little ways now.”
“I always feel better after a little sleep.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Not large”6 letters
02“Small in size”6 letters
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