to a lesser extent

1. 1.

   used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

   “less interesting”

   “less expensive”

   “less quickly”

   Synonymsless

Questions about to a lesser extent

What does to a lesser extent mean?

to a lesser extent means "used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs".

What is another word for to a lesser extent?

Close synonyms include less. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is to a lesser extent a common word?

to a lesser extent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.