Less and Slight

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Less adjective - (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.

Usage example: less than three years old

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Slight is a synonym for less. In some cases you can use "Slight" instead an adjective "Less".

Nearby Words: lessen, lessening

Slight adjective - (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some.

Usage example: there's a slight chance it will work

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Less is a synonym for slight. Sometimes you can use "Less" instead an adjective "Slight".

Cue artists giving Sabretooth a slight redesign, making his costume less corny and drawing him as more of a Lightning Bruiser than Lean and Mean.

Source: Comic Book / Sabretooth
Early Word of God had it that Hello Sadness was to be a slight return to their early poppy sound, but instead it shifted the band into a less noisy and more mature sound.

Source: Music / Los Campesinos!
Mario Kart, in the DS and 3DS version, has the other racers that are not you rendered with less polygons (very slight) and without animations.

Source: Off Model / Video Games

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