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Definition of The least bit
1. Adverb. In the slightest degree or in any respect. "Was not in the least unfriendly"
Lexicographical Neighbors of The Least Bit
Literary usage of The least bit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Letters of William Vaughn Moody by William Vaughn Moody (1913)
"... I find it easy to forget Leviathan and his egregious spoutings. He begins to
seem the least bit comical, Leviathan, from the gum-cell outlook. ..."
2. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1903)
"... that the grate bar was worn 'the least bit in the world,' this would not be
sufficient evidence of a defective appliance to go to the jury, ..."
3. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"Both men measure each other for a moment in silence, neither flinching the least
bit. The smile has faded from JOHN'S face and the mouth droops into an ..."
4. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"Both men measure each other for a moment in silence, neither flinching the least
bit. The smile has faded from JOHN'S face and the mouth droops into an ..."
5. Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1866)
"Well, said the honest president, with jnst the least bit in the world of humor, "
I'll tell you what I'll do, I'll split the difference and say not/ting ..."
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