leastwise
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of leastwise
Example Sentences
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Where are the children, "adjudged the leastwise of the land"?
From Time Magazine Archive
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
"Yes, our little Half-a-pint it is, I reckons; leastwise it's pretty certain it ain't yourn."
From First Fam'lies of the Sierras by Miller, Joaquin
That song ain’t got much music in it, leastwise not as I sung it, but it’s got a heap of truth.
From Captain Pott's Minister by Cooper, Francis L. (Francis Le Roy)
Or else at the leastwise follow him, of whom there is a merry tale commonly told.
From Against War by Erasmus, Desiderius
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