not so much; smaller in size or amount: to drink less milk, take less time
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
little
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