(superl.) Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people.

cursory depthless footling handful hardly any inconsequential inconsiderable insignificant least little littlest low lowest meager miniature minim minimum negligible no great shakes not many occasional of small number petty picayune picayunish precious little rare scarce scarcely any scattering seldom shallow short shortest skin-deep slightest small smallest smatter smattering spatter spattering sporadic sprinkling superficial tiny trifling trivial uncommon unfrequent