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We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the Japanese and there will be quite a little space before we intend to drop another.
Henry L. Stimson

Meaning of "quite a little" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF QUITE A LITTLE

quite a little play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUITE A LITTLE

quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
quisling
quislingism
quist
quit
quitch
quitch grass
quitclaim
quite
quite a
quite so
quite something
Quito
quitrent
quits
quittal
quittance
quitted
quitter
quittor

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUITE A LITTLE

battle
belittle
brittle
cuittle
Doolittle
embrittle
frog spittle
kittle
knittle
lickspittle
little
little by little
no little
not a little
skittle
smittle
spittle
tittle
toad spittle
vittle
whittle

Synonyms and antonyms of quite a little in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «quite a little» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUITE A LITTLE

Find out the translation of quite a little to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quite a little from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quite a little» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一个相当小
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bastante poco
570 millions of speakers

English

quite a little
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काफी छोटे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تماما قليلا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

довольно мало
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

muito pouco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেশ কয়েকটা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tout à fait un peu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Agak sedikit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ziemlich wenig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

かなりの量の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아주 조금
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cukup sethithik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khá một chút
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகவும் சிறியது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थोड्याशा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Biraz küçük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

un bel po ´
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bardzomały
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

досить мало
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

destul de un pic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολύ λίγο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nogal ´n bietjie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ganska liten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ganske lite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quite a little

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUITE A LITTLE»

The term «quite a little» is very widely used and occupies the 21.956 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUITE A LITTLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quite a little

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2 QUOTES WITH «QUITE A LITTLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word quite a little.
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Henry L. Stimson
We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the Japanese and there will be quite a little space before we intend to drop another.
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Kathy Valentine
I'm friends with Carla Olsen and she's doing a lot of producing these days. She's getting quite a little collection of records that she's produced. She's real busy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUITE A LITTLE»

Discover the use of quite a little in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quite a little and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Gertrude Stein Reader: The Great American Pioneer of ...
A little helping is being existing. A little helping being existing some one helping, quite a little helping any one is one quite helping having some one quite help— ing her then. Some one having been quite a little helping some is one coming to  ...
Gertrude Stein, Richard Kostelanetz, 2002
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Routes to Language: Studies in Honor of Melissa Bowerman
[re: water] He's barely sinking in it... [i.e., he's practically drowning or sinking in the water; barely means “almost”] 3;10.24 (ISHJIS I'm gonna get as much stuff as I can. 3;2.3 0 + much S: We have quite a little soap. M: We have quite a little soap?
Virginia C. C. Mueller Mueller Gathercole, 2008
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A Little Girl in Old Pittsburg:
They had quite a little talk by themselves when the guests were gone and Mrs. Jarvis was well pleasedthat shehad comeof a good family,asthe town set much store by grandfathers andthe French were inhigh repute. Before M. de Ronvillewent ...
Amanda M. Douglas, 2014
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A Little Piece of England: A Tale of Self-Sufficiency
... does not go forward sufficiently due to the restricting influence of his rider'. Neptune and I thought that those words described the basis of our relationship with tact and accuracy. C-J was quite a little girl when Sue started with Pretty Thing.
John Jackson, 2011
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No Ordinary Man: George Mercer Dawson 1849-1901
This continued increasing 8r for the first two days we had quite a little tossing with some rather cold wind 81.“ overcast dull weather. All hands were at once prostrated with sea sickness. At least I mean all the ladies, some gentlemen remaining ...
Lois Winslow-Spragge, Bradley Lockner, 1993
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Stories and Tales
... and became quite a little wax doll. That was very amusing to see; and little Ida could not restrain her laughter. The birchrod went on dancing, and the councillor was obliged to dance too; it was no use, he might make himself great and long, ...
Hans Christian Andersen, 2002
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Battleground: M-Z
... Real Doll (New York: Walker and Co., 2004); Norton, Ken I., Timothy S. Olds, Scott Olive, and Steven Dank, "Ken and Barbie at Life Size," Sex Roles: A Journal of Research 34, nos. 3/4 (1996): 287-294; Schank, Kristen, "Quite a Little Woman  ...
Amy Lind, Stephanie Brzuzy, 2008
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Celine: Remembering Louisiana, 1850-1871
Then some friend passed, going to town in a carriage, and she went. Two days later Sallie suggested I should go and see what Sister might be doing for that foot . Docile to hints, I went. I found her with quite a little court around her, girls and ...
Celine Fremaux Garcia, Patrick Geary, 2008
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Night of Horror
I have quite a little family at present—she makes twenty-three. Of course I don't keep them very long. When I have found a loving home, I give them away. Some day I hope you will drop in and visit us. Turn about's fair play.” “That is kind of you, ” ...
‎2006
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Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen
... foolish fancies;" and then the doll was exactly like the lawyer with the broad brimmed hat, and looked as yellow and as cross as he did; but the paper dolls struck him on his thin legs, and he shrunk up again and became quite a little wax doll.
Hans Christian Andersen, 1945

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