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LEASTWAYS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Examples of leastways in a Sentence. The weather was cold, but leastways it didn't rain. He was unknown in the music world, leastwise until recently.
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LEASTWAYS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
used to reduce the effect of a statement: He said he'd be back later - leastways, I think he did. Synonym. at least. SMART Vocabulary ...
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LEASTWAYS Synonyms: 9 Similar Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for LEASTWAYS: always, anyway, at least, leastwise, in any case, at any rate, at all events, in any event, anyhow.
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leastways
leastways, adv. (ˈliːstweɪz) [See way.] † a. Orig. two words (subsequently often written as one) in the phrase at (the) least way(s = ‘at least’ (cf. leastwise). Obs. b. As one word, in the same sense. dial. and vulgar.c 1386 Chaucer Clerk's T. 910 Do thou thy devoir at the leeste weye. 1470–85 Malo...
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leastways adverb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes
used to limit or make what you have just said less definite synonym at least. It isn't cheap to get there, leastways not at this time of year.
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leastways - American Heritage Dictionary Entry
least·ways (lēst wāz′). Share: adv. Chiefly Southern US. At least. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 ...
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leastwaysleastwise, advs (dialect or infml 方或口) or at least 或至少 There's no pub round here, leastways not that I know of. 附近没有酒店, 至少据我所知没有.
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LEASTWAYS Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
adverb. Dialect. at least; at any rate; leastwise. leastways. / ˈliːstˌweɪz /. adverb. informal, at least; anyway; at any rate. “Collins English ...
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Leastways - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Originating around 1825 from least + way, this obsolete colloquial word means "in the least," tracing back to Chaucer's 14th-century "leest weye."
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Leastways - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)
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LEASTWAYS definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
You use leastways to indicate that you are correcting or changing something you have just said. [US, spoken]. Well, I don't imagine that ...
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leastways, n. & adv. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the word leastways is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for leastways is from around 1529, in a translation by R. Hyrde.
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AT LEAST Synonyms: 9 Similar Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for AT LEAST: always, anyway, anyhow, at any rate, leastways, leastwise, in any case, at all events, in any event
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- Harry and Chorus – "When Elizabeth ruled England, in the gallant days of yore"
No. 17 - Chorus of Girls and Sailors – "It's gone eight bells, or, leastways
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leastwise
leastwise, adv. (ˈliːstwaɪz) [See wise n., -wise, and cf. leastways.] † a. As two words (later often written as one) in certain phrases: at (the) least wise, = ‘at least’; in the least wise, = ‘in the least.’ Obs. b. As one word = ‘at least’. Somewhat rare.1534 More Comf. agst. Trib. iii. xi. (1553)...
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