as in tiny
very small in size
a wee baby
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Recent Examples of wee
Levi cuddles up next to her, letting everyone else go out and rage until the wee hours.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
The problem is that a wee sip of this skit-like enterprise goes a very long way, and Corirossi’s wanna-be cult classic over-serves us with gross-out comedy.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth spent hours under a flash flood warning late Tuesday into the wee hours of Wednesday as storms parked over the area.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
After a faculty party one night, Martha invites the college’s virile new biology professor, Nick, and his vapid wife, Honey, over for a wee-hours drink.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
The problem is that a wee sip of this skit-like enterprise goes a very long way, and Corirossi’s wanna-be cult classic over-serves us with gross-out comedy.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth spent hours under a flash flood warning late Tuesday into the wee hours of Wednesday as storms parked over the area.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
After a faculty party one night, Martha invites the college’s virile new biology professor, Nick, and his vapid wife, Honey, over for a wee-hours drink.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wee
Adjective
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The plot pivots on tiny gestures involving matters of life and death.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Each impact steals a tiny bit of the spacecraft’s speed, pushing it a smidgen closer to Earth.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But due to the lack of early round upsets, there are no schools remaining with minuscule budgets, and therefore no third-round matchups with huge financial disparities.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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However, that’s a minuscule distinction when looking at the difference in the typing and navigating experiences between these two devices.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Wee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wee. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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