English

Alternative forms

• li'l'
• lil

Adjective

li'l

1. Eye dialect spelling of little.
   • 1898, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Folks from Dixie‎, page 118:

     " Go s'eepy, baby; don' you be 'Paid; mammy ain' gwine let nuffin' hu't you, even ef pappy don' wan' look at huh li'l face. Bye, bye, go s'eepy, mammy's li'l gal."

   • 2006, Cris Burks, Neecey's lullaby:

     Jesse called her his li'l cutie pie. Because she was happy to be so cute and her daddy's little girl,

Anagrams

• ill , I'll, Ill.