˜yÐÄvlog

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leastwise

[ leest-wahyz ]

adverb

Informal.
  1. at least; little; at any rate.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of leastwise1

First recorded in 1525–35; least + -wise
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Example Sentences

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“Happy ever after†only works out in stories, not in life—leastwise, not happy the way you think it should be.

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Far as he was concerned he was lost in the fog and intended to stay that way—leastwise ’til his net was up, then he’d think about matters.

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“Oh no, parson; leastwise he was well in body when I left whome, but sorely troubled in mind.â€

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Or else at the leastwise follow him, of whom there is a merry tale commonly told.

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In the ceilin' there's a small slide, leastwise I think it's a slide, though I'm not sure.

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