Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
Have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain" lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small" slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between" (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice" not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way" (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children" low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country" 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" on a small scale; "think small" a garment size for a small person the slender part of the back
The people living in a municipality smaller than a city; "the whole town cheered the team" an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal" an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work"
A prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives; "he got life for killing the guard" the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon" a motive for living; "pottery was his life" living things collectively; "the oceans are teeming with life" a living person; "his heroism saved a life" the period from the present until death; "he appointed himself emperor for life" an account of the series of events making up a person's life animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" the period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life" the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life" the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others" a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life"