leastwise

American  

[leest-wahyz] / ˈlist waɪz /

adverb

Informal.

1. at least; at any rate.

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Etymology

Origin of leastwise

First recorded in 1525–35; least + -wise

Example Sentences

Where are the children, "adjudged the leastwise of the land"?

From Time Magazine Archive

"We won't have no more rough house, leastwise till we get to the San Antone Range, eh?"

From The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze by Patchin, Frank Gee

There wasn't no gold in the Kootenay," he said simply, "Or leastwise I couldn't find none.

From Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

I can talk, sir, leastwise I could when I was well; but it’s my humble opinion that that woman would have rapped out three words to my one.”

From Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes by Fenn, George Manville

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

From The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam by Tomlinson, Everett T. (Everett Titsworth)