Definition of In the least

1. Adverb. To any extent at all. "Are you in the least interested?"

Exact synonyms: Even A Little

2. Adverb. In the slightest degree or in any respect. "Was not in the least unfriendly"
Exact synonyms: At All, The Least Bit

Definition of In the least

1. Adverb. (idiomatic) at all, in any way ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of In The Least

in the flesh
in the flesh(p)
in the future
in the game
in the gristle
in the groove
in the head
in the here and now
in the hopper
in the hospital
in the hot seat
in the know
in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
in the last analysis
in the lead
in the least (current term)
in the light of
in the limelight
in the long run
in the long term
in the loop
in the lurch
in the main
in the making
in the mean time
in the meantime
in the middle
in the midst
in the mind
in the money

Literary usage of In the least

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Around the world in eighty days by Jules Verne (1874)
"IN WHICH FIX DOES NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND in the least WHAT IS SAID TO HIM. THE "Rangoon"—one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's boats plying in the ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... did not in the least presume to account for the origin of variation and adaptation, which were recognized as fundamental and prerequisite in affording ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... which may be done at any convenient tune after the falling of the foliage and before the buds become in the least swollen in the spring; but, ..."

4. Around the world in eighty days by Jules Verne (1874)
"IN WHICH FIX DOES NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND in the least WHAT IS SAID TO HIM. THE "Rangoon"—one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's boats plying in the ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... did not in the least presume to account for the origin of variation and adaptation, which were recognized as fundamental and prerequisite in affording ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... which may be done at any convenient tune after the falling of the foliage and before the buds become in the least swollen in the spring; but, ..."

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