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Adjective
Filming is running through Thursday — and shooting into the wee hours.—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 May 2026 But in the wee hours of Monday morning, Matt Hollis, the national president of one of the unions involved, the Transportation Communications Union, said that the strike will extend to its third day.—Chad De Guzman, Time, 18 May 2026 Connecticut's oldest village, Stonington, is a robust agricultural borough with a wee historic village that stretches down a peninsula and ends at duBois Beach.—Amy Thomas, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026 Start the wee plants in a pot before transplanting to a bed.—Erica Browne Grivas, Midwest Living, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for wee
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Etymology
Adjective
Middle English we, from we, noun, little bit, from Old English wǣge weight; akin to Old English wegan to move, weigh — more at way