Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • The regularly formed superlative of little; least.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective having or being distinguished by diminutive size.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective superlative form of little: most little.

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Examples

  • I loved carrying my babes and now my littlest is 21 months and pretty much done.

    » Too Big to Carry Strocel.com 2009

  • I was talking to a friend the other day, she has younger children than I have, her littlest is only 3.

    Older Women and Virtue 2007

  • The littlest is here, beneath the woman's jacket; the little bones are wearing a dress — a girl, then.

    The House on Kronenstrasse 2005

  • The littlest is here, beneath the woman's jacket; the little bones are wearing a dress — a girl, then.

    The House on Kronenstrasse 2005

  • I think when your littlest is around a year you’ll know.

    Let Me Know When I Am Done | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • The littlest was a scrap of a thing, and it took off only to be grabbed by the Snake and slung roughly back to stand with the other three.

    Spirit Gate 2006

  • You will notice that I am the 'littlest' of the two.

    The Authentic Life of Billy The Kid Garrett, Pat F 1954

  • And for the first time in his career, when he smelt burning wood pulp and looked down at the line of messenger boys with a ready-made frown and caught the eyes of Mickey, the "littlest," smiling impudently at him,

    Skinner's Dress Suit Henry Irving Dodge 1906

  • Tim played on his privileges as "littlest," and his mother's barely concealed partiality, and was as irritating to his elders as a small person can be, who is always present when he is not wanted, absent when he is, in peace adopts the airs of a conqueror, and in warfare promptly cries, and collapses into a curly-headed baby boy, whom the authorities declare it is "cr-uel" to bully!

    A College Girl George de Horne Vaizey 1887

  • "littlest" of his "little loves" -- in vain he asserted that she was his patron saint, and that it was his soul's delight to pray to her; she accepted the compliment with her eyes fixed upon the manger.

    Short Stories of Various Types Various

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