1
: very small : diminutive
2
: very early
wee hours of the morning
Examples of wee in a Sentence
Adjective
He's just a wee lad.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2025
The original reason was to accommodate railroads, which had few trains running at that wee hour and thus would encounter minimal scheduling snafus.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
That’s included poring over documents released under open records requests into the wee hours of the morning.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2025
The tariffs, which went into effect in the wee hours and drew sharp rebukes from those nation’s leaders, may be short-lived, though.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 5 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The championship game will air on CBS, tipping off a half-hour earlier (8:50 p.m. ET) than usual in a bid to keep the broadcast from bleeding into the wee small hours of Tuesday morning for those on the East Coast.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2025
The original reason was to accommodate railroads, which had few trains running at that wee hour and thus would encounter minimal scheduling snafus.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
That’s included poring over documents released under open records requests into the wee hours of the morning.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2025
The tariffs, which went into effect in the wee hours and drew sharp rebukes from those nation’s leaders, may be short-lived, though.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wee
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“Wee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wee. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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