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Least

adverb

Used to form the superlative. Synonym: to the lowest degree. Antonym: most.

adjective

The superlative of 'little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by 'the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree. "He has the least talent of anyone" Antonym: most.

noun

Something that is of no importance. "That is the least of my concerns"

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"Least" Quotes from Famous Books

... at least," exclaimed De Roberval, who was by this time in a white heat, "that I am commander in my own ship. Leave the vessel at once. Board the Francois, and take with you this villain whose carelessness has ruined our fortunes. And ...

— Marguerite De Roberval - A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier • T. G. Marquis

... Flora returned, and saw in an instant what was wanted. Margaret was settled in the right posture, but the pain would not immediately depart, and Dr. May soon found out that she had a headache, of which he knew he was at least as guilty as Etheldred ...

— The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations • Charlotte Yonge

... your assurance, Messieurs," said he, "but I'm not in the least anxious about my personal safety. It's my drawings and my collection of porcelains that are causing me such concern. I thought once that I'd box them all up and bring them down here. But you never can tell what dampness ...

— With Those Who Wait • Frances Wilson Huard

... given phenomenon by a law. It is only, however, by the method of difference, which is a method of artificial experiment (and by experiment we can introduce into the pre-existing facts a change perfectly definite), that we can, at least by direct experience, arrive with certainty at causes. The method of agreement is chiefly useful as preliminary to and suggestive of applications of the method of difference, or as an inferior resource in its stead, when, as in the case of many spontaneous operations ...

— Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic • William Stebbing

... him, "Nadine doesn't get my point. I contend that in a strata divided society, it's hard to realize yourself fully until you're a member of the upper caste. Admittedly, perhaps you won't even if you are such a member, but at least you haven't the obstacles with which the lower ...

— Frigid Fracas • Dallas McCord Reynolds

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