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  • 51less — Synonyms and related words: abated, ablated, at a disadvantage, at the nadir, attenuated, barring, bated, belittled, below, below the mark, common, consumed, contracted, curtailed, decreased, decreasingly, decrescendo, deflated, demeaning,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 52less — see less is more of two evils choose the less more haste, less speed …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 53less — See: MORE OR LESS, MUCH LESS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 54less — See: MORE OR LESS, MUCH LESS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 55less — See fewer, less See least, less, lest …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 56less — [OE] In origin, less is a comparative form. It goes back ultimately to Indo European *loiso ‘small’, which in prehistoric Germanic had the comparative suffix added to it to produce *laisiz – whence English less. It is not found in any of the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 57less — See: more or less, much less …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 58less — determiner & pronoun 1》 a smaller amount of; not as much. 2》 fewer in number. adverb to a smaller extent; not so much. preposition minus. adjective archaic of lower rank or importance: James the Less. Origin OE lssa, of Gmc origin. Usage On the… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 59less — I. a. Smaller, inferior. II. ad. Not so much, in a less degree. III. n. Not so much, smaller quantity, less amount …

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  • 60less — [OE] In origin, less is a comparative form. It goes back ultimately to Indo European *loiso ‘small’, which in prehistoric Germanic had the comparative suffix added to it to produce *laisiz – whence English less. It is not found in any of the… …

    Word origins