leastwise

[ leest-wahyz ]

adverb

, Informal.

1. at least; little; at any rate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of leastwise¹

First recorded in 1525–35; least + -wise

Example Sentences

Yet what's born i' t' bone comes out i' t' flesh—leastwise so Tom thowt.

From Project Gutenberg

Weuns haint no more than dandy-lions in the path of the harrycane; leastwise weuns kaint hit back.

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An', anyway, I guess we ain't a-goin' to be able to make a trade—leastwise not on yore terms.

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

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Oh, yes, leastwise I see the end of a cocked 'at, which I took to be 'im.

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