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lesser 音标拼音: [l'ɛsɚ] a. 较少的,较小的,次要的 较少的,较小的,次要的 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" Lesser \ Less" er\, adv. Less. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] The larger here, and there the lesser lambs. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] By the same reason may a man, in the state of nature, punish the lesser breaches of the law. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 64 Moby Thesaurus words for " 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, 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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