1
: very small : diminutive
2
: very early
wee hours of the morning
Synonyms
Examples of wee in a Sentence
Adjective
He's just a wee lad.
Recent Examples on the Web
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
Bourbon Street and the French Quarter are filled with people doing the Cupid Shuffle until the wee hours of the morning.
—Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Into the wee hours of Monday, long after the last late-summer evening light had left the sky, there was widespread rejoicing — but already, a dawning sense of the deadlock and instability that will almost surely follow the divided result.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
Rattled by the prospect of wee hours partying in East Hampton’s historic village district at a planned East End outpost of the NoHo hotspot, East Hampton recently decided to stick to its traditional 11 p.m. last call for restaurants.
—Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for wee 
Adjective
Prison release Blanchard was released from the Chillicothe Correctional Center prison in the wee morning hours of Dec. 28, 2023.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
Bourbon Street and the French Quarter are filled with people doing the Cupid Shuffle until the wee hours of the morning.
—Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Into the wee hours of Monday, long after the last late-summer evening light had left the sky, there was widespread rejoicing — but already, a dawning sense of the deadlock and instability that will almost surely follow the divided result.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
Rattled by the prospect of wee hours partying in East Hampton’s historic village district at a planned East End outpost of the NoHo hotspot, East Hampton recently decided to stick to its traditional 11 p.m. last call for restaurants.
—Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for wee
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'wee.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near wee
Cite this Entry
“Wee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wee. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share