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quite a lit·tle
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Princeton's WordNet
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wadnoun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
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quite a little
"Quite a little" is a somewhat complex English idiom that generally means a significant amount or fairly much. Despite the use of the word "little", this expression usually refers to quantities that are larger than one might expect. It's typically used to comment on a more sizable or substantial amount of something, often with a sense of surprise. However, the precise meaning can depend on context and regional usage.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of quite a little in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of quite a little in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of quite a little in a Sentence
Mrs Patrick Campbell, to George Bernard Shaw:
When you were quite a little boy, somebody ought to have said ``hush' just once.
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- довольно малоRussian
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