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English

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Adjective

lesser

  1. the comparative of little
  2. of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc.


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Noun

lesser

  1. a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
  2. * the lesser of two evils


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ko:lesser io:lesser hu:lesser te:lesser vi:lesser zh:lesser

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lesser \Less"er\, adv.
Less. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lesser \Less"er\ (l[e^]s"[~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.
[1913 Webster]

God made . . . the lesser light to rule the night.
--Gen. i. 15.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace.
--Shak.
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The larger here, and there the lesser lambs.
--Pope.
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By the same reason may a man, in the state of
nature, punish the lesser breaches of the law.
--Locke.
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WordNet lesser
adj 1: of less size or importance; "the lesser anteater"; "the
lesser of two evils" [ant: greater]
2: smaller in size or amount or value; "the lesser powers of
Europe"; "the lesser anteater"
Moby Dictionary
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 , small-fry , small-time , smaller , sub , subaltern ,
subjacent , subject , subordinate , subservient , third rank ,
third string , under , underprivileged , vulgar , watered-down ,
weakened , worn


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