leastwise

[ leest-wahyz ]

adverb

, Informal.

1. at least; little; at any rate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of leastwise¹

First recorded in 1525–35; least + -wise

Example Sentences

“Happy ever after” only works out in stories, not in life—leastwise, not happy the way you think it should be.

From Literature

Far as he was concerned he was lost in the fog and intended to stay that way—leastwise ’til his net was up, then he’d think about matters.

From Literature

“Oh no, parson; leastwise he was well in body when I left whome, but sorely troubled in mind.”

From Project Gutenberg

Or else at the leastwise follow him, of whom there is a merry tale commonly told.

From Project Gutenberg

In the ceilin' there's a small slide, leastwise I think it's a slide, though I'm not sure.

From Project Gutenberg