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leastwise

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least·wise  (lstwz)
adv. Informal
In any event; at least.
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Adv.1.leastwise - 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"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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leastwise [ˈliːstwaɪz] ADVpor lo menos


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Tisn't a city, the place I mean; leastwise 'twaddn' when I was there--'twas a little one-eyed, blinking sort o'place.
Leastwise," muttered he to himself, "I and my friends do take good care of our good sovereign's deer.
Macey, now a very feeble old man of fourscore and six, never seen except in his chimney-corner or sitting in the sunshine at his door-sill, was of opinion that when a man had done what Silas had done by an orphan child, it was a sign that his money would come to light again, or leastwise that the robber would be made to answer for it--for, as Mr.
 
 
 
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