less
What is the Definition of less?
Adjective:
- (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns)
- (usually preceded by `no')
- (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases)
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- or small
- (quantifier used with mass nouns)
- with `a'
- (of children and animals)
- (informal)
- or small
- (of a voice)
- low in stature; not tall
- lowercase
- small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
Adverb:
- used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
- comparative of little
- not much
How can I use less in a sentence?
Festoons of holly and mistletoe hung all around the walls, and no less than twelve towering Christmas trees stood around the room, some sparkling with tiny icicles, some glittering with hundreds of candles.
Fred and George had hardly disappeared when someone far less welcome turned up: Malfoy, flanked by Crabbe and Goyle.
Harry had even less time than the other two, because Quidditch practice had started again.
It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts.
I think he knows more or less everything that goes on here, you know.