less
/lɛs/ noun A2- A smaller amount or quantity. · Less is better, because less is more.· I have less to do today than yesterday.
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“No less!
Anne’s consequent humiliation was less than it might have been, however, in view of the concert and the spare-room bed.
My first visit is due to my father, though I am not the less grateful for the honor you have done me.”
“True, Dantès, I forgot that there was at the Catalans someone who expects you no less impatiently than your father—the lovely Mercédès.”
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