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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Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
There’s a wee kickstand to prop your iPhone in portrait or landscape orientation for Apple's StandBy feature.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
And yet, in the wee hours before dawn on Valentine’s Day in 2000, motorists reported seeing a child matching Asha’s description walking down the highway – sightings authorities have treated over the years as fact.
—Dianne Gallagher, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
The amendment was the first in a marathon series of votes called a vote-a-rama, which is expected to last into the wee hours of Saturday morning.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Johnson announced the deal on a conference call with GOP lawmakers Sunday afternoon while also making the case for lawmakers to support the budget resolution adopted by the Senate in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
There’s a wee kickstand to prop your iPhone in portrait or landscape orientation for Apple's StandBy feature.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
And yet, in the wee hours before dawn on Valentine’s Day in 2000, motorists reported seeing a child matching Asha’s description walking down the highway – sightings authorities have treated over the years as fact.
—Dianne Gallagher, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
The amendment was the first in a marathon series of votes called a vote-a-rama, which is expected to last into the wee hours of Saturday morning.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Wee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wee. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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