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Definition of In the least

1. Adverb. To any extent at all. "Are you in the least interested?"

2. Adverb. In the slightest degree or in any respect. "Was not in the least unfriendly"

Definition of In the least

1. Adverb. (idiomatic) at all, in any way ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of In The Least

in the flesh in the flesh(p) in the future in the game in the gristle in the groove in the head in the here and now in the hopper in the hospital

in the hot seat in the know in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the last analysis in the lead in the least (current term) in the light of in the limelight in the long run in the long term

in the loop in the lurch in the main in the making in the mean time in the meantime in the middle in the midst in the mind in the money

Literary usage of In the least

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

1. Around the world in eighty days by Jules Verne (1874)
"IN WHICH FIX DOES NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND in the least WHAT IS SAID TO HIM. THE "Rangoon"—one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's boats plying in the ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... did not in the least presume to account for the origin of variation and adaptation, which were recognized as fundamental and prerequisite in affording ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... which may be done at any convenient tune after the falling of the foliage and before the buds become in the least swollen in the spring; but, ..."

4. Around the world in eighty days by Jules Verne (1874)
"IN WHICH FIX DOES NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND in the least WHAT IS SAID TO HIM. THE "Rangoon"—one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's boats plying in the ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... did not in the least presume to account for the origin of variation and adaptation, which were recognized as fundamental and prerequisite in affording ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... which may be done at any convenient tune after the falling of the foliage and before the buds become in the least swollen in the spring; but, ..."

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