very little
Barely any amount
Very little means an extremely small amount or degree, just above none at all.
There's very little time left.
She showed very little interest in the proposal.
It can also describe physical size: a very little dog.
The phrase emphasizes scarcity or insufficiency more strongly than "little" alone.
- tinyExtremely small in size
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- next to nothingAn insignificant amount
- scantBarely adequate amount
- meagerDeficient in quantity
negligible · hardly · barely · not much · pittance · drop in the bucket · crumb · trace · sliver · speck · smidgen · droplet · trickle · whisper · hint · dash · pinch · morsel
very littlea lot
Large quantity or frequency
a great deal · very much · plenty · heaps · abundant
very littlevery much
To high degree
extremely · greatly · enormously · immensely · tremendously
very littleconstantly
At all times
frequently · all the time · regularly · habitually · routinely