Results for less

Definitions of less:

part of speech: adjective

Comparative of little; not so much; smaller; made smaller by taking away; as, ten less seven.

part of speech: noun

A smaller quantity; a suffix meaning without; as, worthless, etc.

part of speech: adverb

Not so much: in a lower degree.

part of speech: adverb

In a smaller or lower degree.

part of speech: adjective

Comp. of little; smaller; not so large or great.

part of speech: conjunction

Unless.

part of speech: adjective

Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree.

part of speech: noun

A smaller portion: ( B.) the inferior or younger.

part of speech: noun

The inferior; a smaller portion.

part of speech: adjective

( serves as comp. of LITTLE), Diminished: smaller.

Usage examples for less:

• " I don't understand you," he said; " I wish you liked Miss Garland either a little less or a little more." "Roderick Hudson", Henry James

• Less than three hundred, you mean! "Saturday's Child", Kathleen Norris

• Still less was it that of the Tractarians. "Edward Caldwell Moore Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant", Edward Moore