at least

least  (lst)

adj. A superlative of little.

1. Lowest in importance or rank.

2.

a. Smallest in magnitude or degree.

b. Slightest or tiniest: didn't care the least bit.

adv. Superlative of little.

To or in the lowest or smallest degree.

n.

One that is the lowest or smallest in importance, rank, magnitude, or degree: The dinner menu is the least of my worries tonight. The least you can do is to be polite.

Idioms:

at least

1. According to the lowest possible assessment; not less than: waited at least an hour.

2. In any event; anyway: You might at least answer.

in the least

At all: I don't mind in the least.

least of all

Particularly not: Nobody cared, least of all the manager.

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[Middle English, from Old English lst; see leis-² in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	at least - if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial); "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" leastways, leastwise, at any rate colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	2.	at least - not less than; "at least two hours studying the manual"; "a tumor at least as big as an orange" at the least at most, at the most - not more than; "spend at most $20 on the lunch"

Translations

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