"li'l" meaning in English

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "li'l ol'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "li'l old"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "li'l ole"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Contracted from little, especially as pronounced with flapping, when the /t/ is barely audible.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "word": "little"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1898, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Folks from Dixie, page 118:",
          "text": "\" 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.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Cris Burks, Neecey's lullaby:",
          "text": "Jesse called her his li'l cutie pie. Because she was happy to be so cute and her daddy's little girl,",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Pronunciation spelling of little."
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          "little",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This li'l puppy is adorable!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Generic intensifier."
      ],
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[lɪɫ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lɪ.ɫ̩]"
    },
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "li'l'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lit'l"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "misspelling"
      ],
      "word": "lil'"
    }
  ],
  "word": "li'l"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "li'l ol'"
    },
    {
      "word": "li'l old"
    },
    {
      "word": "li'l ole"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contracted from little, especially as pronounced with flapping, when the /t/ is barely audible.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "word": "little"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1898, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Folks from Dixie, page 118:",
          "text": "\" 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.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Cris Burks, Neecey's lullaby:",
          "text": "Jesse called her his li'l cutie pie. Because she was happy to be so cute and her daddy's little girl,",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pronunciation spelling of little."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "This li'l puppy is adorable!",
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        }
      ],
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        "Generic intensifier."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "[lɪɫ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lɪ.ɫ̩]"
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "li'l'"
    },
    {
      "word": "lil"
    },
    {
      "word": "lit'l"
    },
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      "word": "lil'"
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  "word": "li'l"
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