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Synonyms for less

Grammar : Adj, adv
Spell : les
Phonetic Transcription : lɛs

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Définition of less

Origin :
  • Old English læs (adv.), læssa (adj.), comparative of læs "small;" from Proto-Germanic *lais-izo "smaller" (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian les "less;" Middle Dutch lise "soft, gentle," German leise "soft"), from PIE root *leis- "small" (cf. Lithuanian liesas "thin"). Formerly also "younger," as a translation of Latin minor, a sense now obsolete except in James the Less. Used as a comparative of little, but not related to it. The noun is Old English læsse.
  • adj smaller, inferior
  • adv little
Example sentences :
  • "But in a maiden it would be less seemly," answered Philothea.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • On this day, however, Philothea's mind was less serene than usual.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • At any rate, she has less freedom and more obligations under her contract.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Politics, for example, would be less entertaining without it.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • And of course you can't ever be no Shepler 'less you take your share of chances.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Others not less popular had to do with the reasons for the slump.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Other voices no less inspired had followed; and, living, spoke to us.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • On the whole, it was not so bad as he expected; at least, there was less violence and more despair.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Her consolations were not less sweet—her promises not less sure.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • My promise is spoken; yours unspoken, but not the less real and solemn.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

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