No. 2,321 in Russian
меньшей
The Russian word "меньшей" is the feminine instrumental singular form of "меньший," meaning "smaller" or "lesser."
In a sentence
В меньшей комнате не так много мебели.
In the smaller room, there isn't much furniture.
Comparative adjective form of 'маленький' used to describe a smaller room in comparison to another.
Он взял меньшей кусок, чтобы оставить больше другим.
He took the smaller piece to leave more for others.
Comparative form of 'маленький' referring to a smaller piece in comparison to the others.
Для решения этой задачи требуется меньшей суммы вычислений.
Solving this problem requires a smaller amount of computations.
Comparative usage of 'маленький' making 'суммы' smaller in context.
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