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1 wee
Adj1. सुबह\weeसे\weeबहुत\weeपूर्वThe train arrived at the station in the wee hours. -
2 wee
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3 rather
Adv1. बल्किHe came very late last night or rather in the wee hours this morning.(तुलनात्मक\ratherअर्थ\ratherमे)My bat is rather more expensive than his.This science book is rather too easy for class seven.It's rather a shame that she missed the concert.
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wee — (adj.) extremely small, mid 15c., from earlier noun use in sense of quantity, amount (Cf. a littel wei a little thing or amount, c.1300), from O.E. wæge weight (see WEIGH (Cf. weigh)). Adj. use wee bit apparently developed as parallel to such… … Etymology dictionary
Wee — Wee, a. Very small; little. [Colloq. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] A little wee face, with a little yellow beard. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wee — Wee, n. [OE. we a bit, in a little we, probably originally meaning, a little way, the word we for wei being later taken as synonymous with little. See {Way}.] A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance. [Obs. or Scot.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wee — /wee/, adj., weer, weest. 1. little; very small. 2. very early: in the wee hours of the morning. [bef. 1150 for an earlier sense; ME we, var. of wei (small) quantity, OE weg, Anglian form of waege weight, akin to wegan to WEIGH1] Syn. 1. tiny,… … Universalium
wee — [adj] very small, tiny bitsy*, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, insignificant, itsy bitsy*, itty bitty*, Lilliputian, little, microscopic, miniature, minuscular, minuscule, minute, negligible, pee wee*, petite, pint sized*, pocket size*, puny,… … New thesaurus
wee — Ⅰ. wee [1] ► ADJECTIVE (weer, weest) chiefly Scottish ▪ little. ORIGIN Old English. Ⅱ. wee [2] informal, chiefly Brit. ► NOUN 1) … English terms dictionary
wee — diminutive, tiny, teeny, weeny, *small, little, minute, microscopic, miniature, petite … New Dictionary of Synonyms
wee — [wē] adj. weer, weest [ME we, wei, small quantity (only in north Eng & Scot dial.) < OE (Anglian) wege, weg < base of wegan, to bear: see WEIGH1] very small; tiny … English World dictionary
wee — cock·a·wee; ke·wee·naw·an; ke·yau·wee; se·wee; wee; wee·ny; wee·shy; wee·ver; wee·vil; wee·viled; wee·vily; wick·a·wee; pee·wee; wee·shie; wee·villed; wee·vil·ly; … English syllables
wee — wee1 [wi:] adj [usually before noun] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: wee small amount, short time (13 20 centuries), from Old English wAge weight ] 1.) informal very small used especially in Scottish English ▪ My wee boy is three. 2.) a wee bit… … Dictionary of contemporary English
wee — [[t]wi͟ː[/t]] wees, weeing, weed 1) ADJ: ADJ n Wee means small in size or extent. [SCOTTISH, INFORMAL] I ve got a wee kitten in the flat... He just needs to calm down a wee bit. Syn: little 2) VERB To wee means to urinate. Wee is an informa … English dictionary
