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"less interesting" "less expensive" "less quickly"adverbused to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
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"of less importance" "less time to spend with the family" "a shower uses less water" "less than three years old"adjective(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degreeOpposite:
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"less than three weeks" "no less than 50 people attended" "in 25 words or less"adjective(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer
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"no less than perfect"adjective(usually preceded by `no') lower in quality
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"she walks less than she should" "he works less these days"comparative of littleOpposite:
Usage of less
- "comparative"
- "comparative degree"