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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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
When Pakzad and one of her friends left their Airbnb in the wee hours of the morning, a mystery man attempted to trap them in their cul-de-sac with his car, then pursued them down the freeway at 100 MPH.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
From the day your wee one is born, feeding time is often a special time.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026
And considering all of the things that could go wrong with a dangerous deep space journey like this, a wee problem like this seems like a big win.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2026
In football terms, the process is late in the first quarter of a night game that’s expected to last into the wee hours.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Wee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wee. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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