About The Word Lesser
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Lesser
| Lesser Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Lesser?
[adj] smaller in size or amount or value; "the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater"
[adj] of less size or importance; "the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils" Synonyms | Synonyms for Lesser: little | small Related Terms | Find terms related to Lesser: abated | ablated | attenuated | bated | belittled | common | consumed | contracted | curtailed | decreased | deflated | demeaning | diminished | dinky | disadvantaged | dissipated | dropped | eroded | fallen | humble | in the shade | inferior | infra dig | insignificant | junior | less | low | lower | lowered | lowly | miniaturized | minor | modest | nether | ordinary | reduced | retrenched | scaled-down | second rank | second string | secondary | servile | shorn | shorter | shrunk | shrunken | small | smaller | small-fry | small-time | sub | subaltern | subjacent | subject | subordinate | subservient | third rank | third string | under | underprivileged | vulgar | watered-down | weakened | worn See Also | Lesser In Webster's Dictionary \Less"er\ (-[~e]r), a. [This word is formed by adding
anew the compar. suffix -er (in which r is from an original
s) to less. See {Less}, a.]
Less; smaller; inferior.
God made . . . the lesser light to rule the night.
--Gen. i. 15.
Note: Lesser is used for less, now the compar. of little, in
certain special instances in which its employment has
become established by custom; as, Lesser Asia (i. e.,
Asia Minor), the lesser light, and some others; also in
poetry, for the sake of the meter, and in prose where
its use renders the passage more euphonious.
The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace.
--Shak.
The larger here, and there the lesser lambs.
--Pope.
By the same reason may a man, in the state of
nature, punish the lesser breaches of the law.
--Locke.
\Less"er\, adv. Less. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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