llai a llai

Welsh

Adverb

llai a llai

1. less and less, smaller and smaller

   Synonym: lleilai

   Antonym: mwy a mwy

   • 1950-present, R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru [The Dictionary of the University of Wales]‎^[1], lleilai, llai-lai, page 2147:

     Yn lleihau’n gyson, llai a llai o hyd

     steadily diminishing or dwindling, &c., ever lesssening or decreasing, becoming smaller and smaller, growing less and less or fewer and fewer, ever less and less

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lleilai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies