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Definition of Lesser
1. Adjective. Of less size or importance. "The lesser of two evils"
2. Adjective. Smaller in size or amount or value. "The lesser anteater"
Definition of Lesser
1. a. Less; smaller; inferior.
2. adv. Less.
Definition of Lesser
1. Adjective. (comparative of little) ¹
2. Adjective. of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc. ¹
3. Noun. a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lesser
1. not as large or important [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lesser
Literary usage of Lesser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It covers the posterior surface of the stomach, and from its lesser curvature it
passes around the portal vein, hepatic artery, and bile-duct, ..."
2. The Red Cross: A History of this Remarkable International Movement in the by Clara Barton (1898)
"A. MONAE lesser. In response to a call from the president of the American National
Red Cross, I left this city with Mrs. lesser for Key West on June 15. ..."
3. The Surgical Clinics of North America by Robert E. Hermann, Avram M. Cooperman (1921)
"SINAI HOSPITAL PENETRATING ULCERS OF THE lesser CURVATURE OF THE STOMACH Etiology
of Gastric Ulcers. Some Diagnostic Points of Interest. ..."
4. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1916)
"In the lesser Antilles 6.5 per cent, of the genera are peculiar and in the ...
In the lesser Antilles 43.5 per cent, are strictly American and in the ..."
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