made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small";
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"; "a small voice";
limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country";
(of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice";
lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings''s poetry is written all in minuscule letters";
too small to be seen except under a microscope;
not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way";
not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children";
have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain";
low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings";
