"llai a llai" meaning in Welsh

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Adverb

Head templates: {{head|cy|adverb}} llai a llai
  1. less and less, smaller and smaller Synonyms: lleilai
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "word": "mwy a mwy"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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",
          "ref": "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], lleilai, llai-lai, page 2147:",
          "text": "Yn lleihau’n gyson, llai a llai o hyd",
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        "less and less, smaller and smaller"
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          "word": "lleilai"
        }
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          "text": "Yn lleihau’n gyson, llai a llai o hyd",
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        }
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