adverb
Archaic or literary adverbial form of 少し. In modern Japanese, 少し or ちょっと is used instead. Found in classical literature, poetry, or deliberately old-fashioned writing.
昔の文語では「少しく待て」のように使われた。
In old literary language, it was used like 'Wait a little.'
この詩には「少しく」という古い言い回しが
This poem contains the old expression '少しく'.
The modern standard word for 'a little'. 少しく is its archaic adverbial form, now replaced by 少し in all normal contexts.
Archaic adverbial form derived from 少し (sukoshi) by adding the adverbial suffix く. The exact historical development is uncertain, but it follows a pattern seen in classical Japanese adverbs.