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1.
litlum
adv.
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A little at a time; (b) gradually, by degrees;
bi litlum
, gradually;
litlum and litlum
, little by little, by degrees.
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lī̆tel
adj.
422 quotations in 8 senses
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In expressions involving amount, quantity, or degree: (a) little, not much; limited; scarce, in short supply [quot.: a1126]; of the pulse: weak, failing;
but litel
, only a little (sth.);
litel no
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