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LEASTWISE

• LEASTWISE (adverb)
The adverb LEASTWISE has 1 sense:

1. if nothing else ('leastwise' is informal and 'leastways' is colloquial)

Familiarity information: LEASTWISE used as an adverb is very rare.

• LEASTWISE (adverb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

If nothing else ('leastwise' is informal and 'leastways' is colloquial)

Synonyms:

at least; leastways; leastwise; at any rate

Context examples:

at least he survived / they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary / the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

"Money talks, bullshit walks."
(English proverb)
"A mad man drops a rock into water well, so that thousand wise men can not take it out."
(Azerbaijani proverb)
"Arrogance over the arrogant is modesty."
(Arabic proverb)
"It hits like a grip on a pig."
(Dutch proverb)

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