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Definition of Leastways
1. Adverb. If nothing else ('leastwise' is informal and 'leastways' is colloquial). "The influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"
Definition of Leastways
1. adv. At least; at all events.
Definition of Leastways
1. Adverb. (''colloquial'' or ''dialectal'') at least ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leastways
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leastways
Literary usage of Leastways
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1864)
"... exhaling that peculiar sigh of pleasure which with many persons follows a
draught of some strong and 64 agreeable beverage : " leastways, I can't say as ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1984 learned See ALLEGED 2. leary See LEERY, LEARY. leastways, leastwise These
two synonymous adverbs are both more at home in speech than in writing, ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"leastways, adv. Leastwise, anyhow, at least, at all events. ' You'll pay me in
a day or two, I hope; leastways by next week.' Sometimes ' at leastways. ..."
4. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1880)
"He, the doctor himself, was a bit cross- grained—leastways, so I've heard say—and
all the more reason why the mother and son should think so much of one ..."
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