Algernon. [raising his hat.] you are my little cousin cecily, i’m sure. cecily. you are under some strange mistake. i am not little. in fact, i believe i am more than usually tall for my age.
the pun in this passage relies on which two definitions of the word little?
“narrow”
“younger”
“unimportant”
“brief”
“small in size”

B) Younger and E) Small in size.

Explanation: A pun is a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. In the given excerpt from "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde, the pun is in the word "little," Algernon uses it meaning "young" but Cecily interpreted it as "small in size" both are definitions of the word "little."

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