表否定意义的little可以用于修饰比较级，但其用法比较有限，通常只用于better或more前。如：

His second suggestion was little better than his first. 他的第二个建议比第一个好不了多少。

Aid to the Third World is at present little more than a drop in the ocean. 目前对第三世界的援助不过是杯水车薪。

The President will be little more than a figurehead.

总统将不过是个傀儡而已。

He was little more than a cipher who faithfully carried out the Fuehrer'scommands.

他只不过是个走狗，忠实执行元首的命令。

This deal is little more than a fig leaf for the continued destruction of the landscape.

这项协议不过是块遮羞布而已，用来掩盖对自然景观的持续破坏。

19 per cent of B2C companies are now worth little more than the cash on theirbalance sheets.

19%的B2C电子商务公司现在的市值比其资产负债表上的现金额高不了多少。

He might be considered little more than a convenient mouthpiece for the PrimeMinister's own economic views.

他或许仅被视为首相个人经济观点的传声筒。

The measures are little more than window dressing that will fade fast once investors take a hard look at them.

这些措施也就是装装门面，一旦投资者认真探究，就会原形毕露。

Most of the 'new' models promised by American car makers look set to be little more than rehashes of existing products.

这些美国汽车制造商承诺推出的“新款”多半都像是现有车型的翻版。

以上7例摘自《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

He is little more than a boy in worldly experience.

他涉世不深，简直还是一个孩子。

《汉英大词典》

不过，表肯定意义的a little修饰比较级的用法比较普通。如：

The paper should be a little thicker. 这纸应该再厚一点儿。

Can you stay a little longer? 你能再呆会儿吗?

The house is a little more dilapidated than when I last saw it

那房子比我上次见到时更破旧了些。

既然是普通用法，这方面不再举例。