LESS vs RARELY: NOUN
- A smaller amount.
- Something not as important as something else.
- The inferior, younger, or smaller.
- A smaller portion or quantity.
- N/A
LESS vs RARELY: ADJECTIVE
- Lower in importance, esteem, or rank.
- Not as great in amount or quantity.
- (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality
- (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer
- Consisting of a smaller number.
- Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior
- (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
- (usually preceded by `no') lower in esteem
- N/A
LESS vs RARELY: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To make less; to lessen.
- N/A
LESS vs RARELY: ADVERB
- Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree
- Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
- To smaller extent
- In lower degree
- Comparative of little
- To a smaller extent, degree, or frequency.
- Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2.
- In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often.
- Not often
- With uncommon excellence.
- In an unusual degree; exceptionally.
- Not often; infrequently.
LESS vs RARELY: PREPOSITION
- With the deduction of; minus.
- Minus; not including
- N/A
LESS vs RARELY: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Not so great, considerable, or important; of smaller scope or consequence; lower in the scale: as, St. James the Less; his honors are less than his deserts.
- Not so much or so large; of smaller quantity, amount, bulk, or capacity; inferior in dimensions, extent, or duration: as, less honor or reward; less profit or possessions; less time; less distance; less scope or range; the reward is less than he deserves; a man of less courage or ability; an article of less, weight or value.
- To become less; lessen.
- To make less; lessen.
- Synonyms Smaller, Less, Fewer. Smaller is rather more exact than less, but is used freely of persons and of things both concrete and abstract: as, a smaller man, soul, size. Less is not used of persons: as, less trouble, happiness, size, degree; less of an evil. With reference to size and number, the proper words are smaller and fewer. “This apple is less than that,” “There were less people there than I expected,” are inelegant and erroneous, although similar expressions are often used both in speech and in writing. While the latter, however, is in excusable, the former may be used sparingly without offense in certain collocations, especially in poetry. The allusion to the mustard-seed in Mark iv. 31 appears to be the only example in the Bible of the use of less in the sense of ‘smaller in size.’ In Shakspere's plays the word occurs more than two hundred times, and in Milton's poems more than a hundred; in the former it is used only four or five times and in the latter three times in the sense of ‘smaller in size,’ and never in that of ‘fewer.’
- In a smaller or lower degree; to an inferior extent, amount, etc.; in a decreased or abated way or manner: as, less prudent; less carefully executed; to exaggerate less; to think less of a person.
- Unless.
- A common English suffix forming, from nouns, adjectives meaning ‘without’ (lacking, wanting, void of, destitute of) the thing or quality denoted by the noun: as. childless, without a child; fatherless, without a father; endless, without end; hopeless, without hope; leafless, without leaves; shameless, without shame; so motherless, penniless, faithless, godless, graceless, lawless, witless, remediless, tasteless, etc.
- (idiom) (much/still) Certainly not.
- (idiom) (less than) Not at all.
- In excellent health: in quasi-adjective use. Compare purely in like use.
- Finely, excellently; remarkably well; with a rare excellence.
- Seldom; not often: as, things rarely seen.
- So as to be underdone or only partially cooked: said of meats: as, a roast of beef rarely cooked.
LESS vs RARELY: RELATED WORDS
- Slower, Worse, Lighter, Cheaper, Shorter, Even, Longer, Greater, Decreasingly, Most, More, To a lesser extent, Inferior, Lower, Fewer
- Uncommon, Barely, Not, Commonly, Scarcely, Rare, Infrequent, Hardly, Never, Occasionally, Usually, Infrequently, Frequently, Often, Seldom
LESS vs RARELY: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Much, Slower, Worse, Lighter, Cheaper, Shorter, Even, Longer, Greater, Decreasingly, Most, More, Inferior, Lower, Fewer
- Unlikely, Uncommon, Barely, Not, Commonly, Scarcely, Rare, Infrequent, Hardly, Never, Occasionally, Infrequently, Frequently, Often, Seldom
LESS vs RARELY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Number one: renting is usually less expensive overall and requires less money up front than buying a comparable home in the same area.
- The shot can make for less pain and swelling, less tissue damage, and a lower risk of death.
- Often it will make your workload less, which will lead to less stress.
- ICSID clauses in BITs while weak home governments are less likely and less capable to do so.
- Less debt means less of a financial burden once you leave school.
- These minimaist setups have two main benefits: less cost and less stuff.
- Place less positive or detrimental information in less highly visible points.
- Less invasive and less expensive is the way to go.
- We insure against less common and less costly events.
- The net result would be a less secure, less prosperous United States that is less able to exert power and influence in the world.
- Abbreviations are very rarely used in formal writing.
- Interestingly, objections are rarely raised during opening statements.
- Even an apology and remorse are rarely enough.
- Sick cats will rarely adopt the loaf position.
- Punitive damages are very rarely awarded by courts.
- He rarely even gives her birthday gift money.
- Minnesota courts rarely enter injunctions that last forever.
- Singapore is rarely seen with a perfect tail.
- Rarely ever is redundant, but rarely if ever is correct.
- They are rarely in tune and they rarely have good cymbals.
LESS vs RARELY: QUESTIONS
- Will universal health care lead to less innovation and less innovation?
- What is the less television less violence and aggression reading sample answer?
- Can eating less meat and less processed food help reduce cancer risk?
- Why are device-less manual muscle testing procedures becoming less popular?
- Why is my girlfriend talking less and listening less at work?
- Are brother-sister relationships in Bollywood becoming less and less popular?
- How much can you save with Woolworths drive less pay less?
- Is Charles Adler becoming less and less conservative?
- Is the international community becoming less and less American?
- Is the Cessna cockpit mouse-less and keyboard-less?
- What is Never Rarely Sometimes Always on Rotten Tomatoes?
- What is the theme of Never Rarely Sometimes Always?
- Why do you rarely find mathematicians at the beach?
- Why is chrysoprase rarely seen in commercial jewelry?
- What is the Filipino / Tagalog translation of rarely?
- Why are low spin tetrahedral complexes rarely observed?
- Why are sidekick characters rarely used in fiction?
- Why are matriarchs rarely seen outside Asari space?
- Why is kaolinite rarely found in mineral collections?
- Why were masculinities rarely analyzed in Feminist Studies?