extreme vs little

extreme

adj
  • Drastic, or of great severity. 

  • Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost. 

  • Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment. 

  • Excessive, or far beyond the norm. 

  • In the greatest or highest degree; intense. 

noun
  • A drastic expedient. 

  • The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition. 

  • Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6. 

  • Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale. 

little

adj
  • Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous. 

  • Operating on a small scale. 

  • Very young. 

  • Short in duration; brief. 

  • To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign. 

  • Younger. 

  • Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place. 

  • Having few members. 

  • Small in size. 

  • Insignificant, trivial. 

  • Used to belittle a person. 

adv
  • Not at all. 

  • Not much. 

det
  • Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of). 

noun
  • One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state. 

  • A small amount. 

  • A child; particularly an infant. 

  • A newly initiated member of a sorority, who is mentored by a big. 

  • The participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role. 

pron
  • Not much; not a large amount. 

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