littler

1 1.0

Smaller in size or amount when comparing two things

adjective
/ˈlɪtlər/

: más pequeño

He was littler than she was even with her standing on the incline.

I've been watching it forever, since I was a little littler row.

Examples

This toy is littler than the one I bought last year.
Some of them are even littler than you.

Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
That made him littler than me.

Any Number Can Play (1949)
- Does it look littler?

The Rose (1979)
No matter what your brother does, he's littler than you are.

A League of Their Own (1992)
I've been watching it forever, since I was a little littler row.

Rosanna Pansino
Suddenly, I was littler.

The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
I don't know what the Baron was thinking, for he himself was littler than Nobu.

Fiction book (1997)
Oh, he's littler.

The Bread, My Sweet (2001)
Some of the puppies are even littler than you think.

Synonyms

smaller

vslittler

∞ 1.0

A thing that is less in size or amount than another thing

is the comparative form of a different base adjective

lesser

vslittler

218 1.7

Smaller or not as important as another thing

focuses only on reduced physical size or degree rather than value

Antonyms

larger

∞ 1.0

Bigger in size or amount than something else

How Small

tiny

∞ 1.0

littler

1 1.0

little

∞ 1.0

smallish

9 2.0

small

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

littler comparative

little positive

littlest superlative

Morphology

littler = little (transparent) = little + er

Regular comparative formation from the adjective 'little' with the productive suffix '-er', so meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Littler comes from the adjective little plus the ending -er, which means 'more' or 'smaller', just like bigger is big + -er. So littler simply means 'smaller' in size or degree.