Extra
Extra adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: the children tried to be extra quiet while their mother was recovering
Little
Little adverb - In a very small quantity or degree.
Usage example: we had little more than we needed to survive in the wilderness
Nearby Word: littleness
Both words in one sentence
- It stayed like this for a bit, being little more than an extra, but soon changed.
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Animated Lugnut looks like a Cyber Cyclops, but those little things on the side of his head are extra eyes, so he technically has five.
Source: Extra Eyes - Extra might be going a little far, but Brom's role as Ichabod's rival is massively downplayed in Sleepy Hollow.
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