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litty-bitty

litty-bitty adjective: very small.

Adjective

litty-bitty (comparative more litty-bitty, superlative most litty-bitty)

  1. Very small.
    • It was just to take care of these “litty-bitty” things that would make those existing funds available1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, →ISBN, page 406
    • I'll tell you a litty-bitty short one 'bout an old Irishman.1986, Ronald L. Baker, Jokelore: Humorous Folktales from Indiana, →ISBN, page 127

Forms of litty-bitty

comparativemore litty-bitty
superlativemost litty-bitty
alternative formlitty bitty

Origin of litty-bitty

From little bit + -y.

Questions about litty-bitty

What does litty-bitty mean?
Litty-bitty means very small.
What part of speech is litty-bitty?
Litty-bitty is an adjective.

Words near litty-bitty in the dictionary

  1. Littrow spectrograph
  2. Littréan
  3. Litts
  4. litty
  5. litty bitty
  6. litty-bitty
  7. littérateur
  8. littérateurs
  9. lituate
  10. Litueche
  11. litui

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