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wittle

/ˈwɪ.tl̩/

wittle adjective: little. Also the misspelling of whittle.

Adjective

wittle (comparative wittler, superlative wittlest)

  1. (childish, nonstandard) Little.
    • Working with windows (that's "windows" with a wittle w)2004, Woody Leonhard, Windows XP all-in-one desk reference for dummies
    • Give wittle Bear a wittle hug.2005, Linda Darling-Hammond, John Bransford, Preparing teachers for a changing world
    Synonyms:
    ickle

Also used as

wittle is also the misspelling of whittle.

Examples of wittle in a sentence

  • ...in a moment of regrettable cuteness, forgetting that I would not always be a wittle-bitty baby...2006, Sigrid Nunez, The last of her kind:
  • With every step she repeated the same phrase, "I just need a wittle bit of help.2007, Kristen Sauder, Trading Panic for Peace:

Synonyms of wittle

Forms of wittle

comparativewittler
superlativewittlest
alternative formwiddle

Origin of wittle

Childish mispronunciation of little.

Questions about wittle

What does wittle mean?
Wittle means little.
How do you use wittle in a sentence?
...in a moment of regrettable cuteness, forgetting that I would not always be a wittle-bitty baby...
What part of speech is wittle?
Wittle is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wittle?
Wittle is pronounced /ˈwɪ.tl̩/.

Words near wittle in the dictionary

  1. wittingite
  2. wittingly
  3. Wittings
  4. wittite
  5. Wittitrin
  6. wittle
  7. wittler
  8. Wittlers
  9. wittlest
  10. Wittmaack
  11. Wittmaack-Ekbom syndrome

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