still less

Variant of less

adjective

  1. little
  2. not so much; smaller in size or amount: to drink less milk, take less time
  3. fewer: in less than 25 words

Origin: ME les < OE læs, adv. læssa, adj. (used as compar. of lytel, little), akin to OFris les < IE *leis- < base *lei-, to diminish, meager, > little

adverb

  1. little
  2. to a smaller extent: less likely to succeed

noun

a smaller amount

with the deduction of; minus: about $5,000, less taxes; thirty less ten is twenty
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