less

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

to a lesser extent

more to a greater extent more than

lea LED lee leg lei lek LEM Leo Ler let leu lev ley

lead leaf leak leal lean leap Lear lech Leda lede leek leer lees left Lego legs Lena lend lens Lent Leon Leto Levi levy lewd

lessee lessen lessened lessening Lesseps lesser lesser anteater Lesser Antilles lesser ape lesser bullrush lesser burdock lesser butterfly orchid lesser calamint lesser celandine lesser centaury lesser duckweed lesser galangal lesser hemlock lesser knapweed lesser kudu lesser omentum lesser panda lesser peritoneal cavity lesser prairie chicken lesser rhomboid muscle lesser rorqual lesser scaup lesser scaup duck lesser spearwort Lesser Sunda Islands lesser twayblade lesser whitethroat lesser wintergreen lesser yellowlegs lesser yellow trefoil Lessing lesson lessor less-traveled