Leastways
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈliːstˌweɪz/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Leastways is an adverb meaning (UK, colloquial or dialectal) at least.
Meaning
(UK, colloquial or dialectal) at least.
Example Sentences
“I was lucky, just an arm (lost in combat), and the hope of a life, a normal man’s life, leastways”
‘Cook-housekeeper jobs don’t grow on trees,’ went on the woman, ‘leastways not where you can keep a youngster with you.’
“My advice, or, leastways, I should say, my orders, is,” said the fattest man of the party, “that we 'mediately go home again.”
[…]so that I couldn't help telling her, sir, that in our country, leastways in Virginia (they say the Yankees are very pert), young people don't speak of their elders so.
Synonyms for leastways
Depending on context, synonyms include leastwise.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include leastwise, mostlings, feckly, allus, rear, seld.
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