1
: very small : diminutive
2
: very early
wee hours of the morning
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Adjective
He's just a wee lad.
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2025
The good news is there is a huge variety of alarm clocks with features like night-lights, sleep sounds, digital and analog displays, and gentle alarms to help your kids enjoy waking up or assisting them with staying in bed in the morning’s wee hours.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 28 Jan. 2025
In the wee hours of Saturday night, TikTok cut off access to users in the United States ahead of Sunday’s deadline that forced Apple and Google to remove the video-sharing app from their app stores.
—Andrew Couts, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2025
The fire fully engulfed a 43-foot Marine Trader boat at Manhasset Bay Marina in the wee hours of Wednesday, then spread to a 42-foot Post boat in an adjacent slip, the Port Washington Fire Department said in a statement.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
In the wee hours Thursday morning, Duffy joined with the D.C. mayor and emergency response officials at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to brief reporters on the collision.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2025
The good news is there is a huge variety of alarm clocks with features like night-lights, sleep sounds, digital and analog displays, and gentle alarms to help your kids enjoy waking up or assisting them with staying in bed in the morning’s wee hours.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 28 Jan. 2025
In the wee hours of Saturday night, TikTok cut off access to users in the United States ahead of Sunday’s deadline that forced Apple and Google to remove the video-sharing app from their app stores.
—Andrew Couts, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2025
The fire fully engulfed a 43-foot Marine Trader boat at Manhasset Bay Marina in the wee hours of Wednesday, then spread to a 42-foot Post boat in an adjacent slip, the Port Washington Fire Department said in a statement.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Wee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wee. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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