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littly

littly adverb: in a little or minor way.

Adverb

littly (comparative more littly, superlative most littly)

  1. (rare) In a little or minor way.
    • Of our millions of worlds they knew of only one, or half-a-one, say, so that their God was not greatly great, but littly great...1966, Stanley Kunitz, Howard Haycraft, Twentieth Century Authors

Forms of littly

comparativemore littly
superlativemost littly

Origin of littly

From little + -ly.

Questions about littly

What does littly mean?
Littly means in a little or minor way.
What part of speech is littly?
Littly is an adverb.

Words near littly in the dictionary

  1. littling
  2. littlings
  3. littlish
  4. littlun
  5. littluns
  6. littly
  7. Littman
  8. Littmans
  9. Litto-
  10. Litton
  11. littoral

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