Definition of At the least

1. Adverb. Not less than. "A tumor at least as big as an orange"

Exact synonyms: At Least
Antonyms: At Most, At The Most

Lexicographical Neighbors of At The Least

at the best
at the best of times
at the coal face
at the corner
at the double
at the drop of a hat
at the end of one's rope
at the end of one's tether
at the end of the day
at the expense of
at the feet of
at the hand of
at the hands of
at the high port
at the latest
at the least (current term)
at the mercy of
at the moment
at the most
at the ready
at the ready(p)
at the receiving end
at the same time
at the start
at the top of one's lungs
at the top of one's voice
at the wheel
at the worst
at this moment in time
at this point in time

Literary usage of At the least

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"We can at the most (and also at the least) allow that this revival was a very reasonable consequence of the increased stimulus to literary composition in ..."

2. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (1855)
"... and making a brave resistance in every quarter, some catch at the least pretext to go over to the enemy, and others make shift to skulk away, ..."

3. An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the by George Hill (1877)
"... and Polies (14) ; the first or least Proportion to contain such or so many of the said Parcels as shall make up a thousand English Acres at the least ..."

4. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"... she has a real genius for the business; and Ruskin told her she must paint a portrait with no end of pains, must give it ' twenty sittings at the least. ..."

5. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1850)
"IN Trinity College, Cambridge, and in Christ's Church, Oxford, are at the least 400 scholars. And the like number well near is to be seen in certain other ..."

6. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1853)
"... being established, he was set at liberty ; but he was dismissed from his bailiff's office, and mulcted in the sum of four marks of gold, at the least. ..."

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