Lesser
['lesə] or ['lɛsɚ]
Definition
(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' .
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Definition
(a.) Less; smaller; inferior.
(adv.) Less.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Less, smaller, inferior.
Edited by Elena
Definition
adj. (B.) less: smaller: inferior.
Typist: Margery
Examples
- A dozen lesser therns confronted us from a large doorway at the opposite end of the storeroom from which we had entered. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It receives the waters of the lesser sea above it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They were popularly supposed to inhabit the lesser moon, from which they descended upon Barsoom at long intervals. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Some lesser points may be more conveniently noticed in this place. Plato. The Republic.
- After various lesser mishaps, Meg was finished at last, and by the united exertions of the entire family Jo's hair was got up and her dress on. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- True, but that may be affection, which is a lesser passion than love. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- One of the lesser breed should feel honoured that a member of the holy race that was born to inherit life eternal should deign even to notice him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- By the vivacity of the idea we interest the fancy, and produce, though in a lesser degree, the same pleasure, which arises from a moderate passion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Behind us we left the stricken city in the fierce and brutal clutches of some forty thousand green warriors of the lesser hordes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The First Born of Barsoom, he explained, are the race of black men of which I am a Dator, or, as the lesser Barsoomians would say, Prince. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Thus educated, they will invent for themselves any lesser rules which their predecessors have altogether neglected. Plato. The Republic.
- Lesser matters of style may be remarked. Plato. The Republic.
- Barnacle Junior, however, was announced as a lesser star, yet visible above the office horizon. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The pursuit of the lesser fortune was openly relinquished for that of the greater. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- These cases serve to show on what slight and mysterious causes the lesser or greater fertility of a species sometimes depends. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Evidently she was embarrassed at having been detected in the act of staring at a lesser creature, I thought. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It is possible that in the past there have been periods of greater and lesser intensity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Even now she may be a captive upon the lesser moon. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The great remembrance by which that time is marked in my mind, seems to have swallowed up all lesser recollections, and to exist alone. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There is evidently a great deal at stake which must hinge to a greater or lesser extent upon the absolute correctness of this comparison. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Oh, no; those whom you laid low are lesser therns; but of the same cruel and hateful race. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Among mammals, we see it strikingly displayed in Bats, and in a lesser degree in the Felidae and Canidae. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In that case we may fairly hope that a repetition of the dose will lead, in a greater or lesser degree, to a repetition of the result. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We were then presented to Mors Kajak, Jed of lesser Helium, and father of Dejah Thoris. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- No baulking the issue, no listening to the lesser voices. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- That crime has been the origin of every lesser one, and of all his present discontents. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The curates, herding together after their manner, made a constellation of three lesser planets. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Each community has its own jed and lesser chieftains, but all are under the rule of Tal Hajus, Jeddak of Thark. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- But, the lesser grindstone stood alone there in the calm morning air, with a red upon it that the sun had never given, and would never take away. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It is an honour to a lesser creature to be a slave among us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Typist: Margery