Definition of less:

part of speech: noun

A smaller portion; the younger or inferior.

part of speech: adjective

Smaller; not so large.

part of speech: adjective

In a smaller degree.

Common misspellings * :

• tess (0.8%)
• leass (10.0%)
• gless (0.8%)
• lesss (15.8%)
• lense (1.7%)
• lessly (0.8%)
• les (48.3%)
• lss (1.7%)
• ess (6.7%)
• lewer (1.7%)
• laess (1.7%)
• lses (1.7%)
• liess (0.8%)
• elss (2.5%)
• eless (1.7%)
• lessed (1.7%)
• lessyour (1.7%)

Usage examples :

• What were a few days more or less "The Guests Of Hercules", - C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

• She was always fair, and will be the less hard on me. "Donal Grant", - George MacDonald

• The less light the better for me. "The Bat", - Avery Hopwood Mary Roberts Rinehart