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Least

adverb

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

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"

noun

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

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... having left Commander Peary at eighty degrees north latitude in August. The expedition, he told us, would probably winter as high as eighty-three degrees north, and he was highly enthusiastic over the good prospects of Peary's success in at least reaching ...

— The Long Labrador Trail • Dillon Wallace

... said Miss Giddings, "that he was sane then, at least. Willis, in Europe, is called the poet's lap-dog, with his ringlets and ...

— Bart Ridgeley - A Story of Northern Ohio • A. G. Riddle

... American will risk two dollars on the chance of making ten dollars; he often loses the two dollars, and he often makes the ten dollars; from his general prosperity, I should say the latter results oftener than the former; but the American never in the least minds blazing the trail and stumping his toe and coming a hard fall. John Bull does. He takes himself horribly seriously. He will never risk two dollars to gain ten dollars. He will not, in fact, spend the two dollars till he is sure of four per cent. on it. Four per cent. on two dollars and ten ...

— The Canadian Commonwealth • Agnes C. Laut

... fetlock joint was perforated by the sickle-guard of a self-binder. In this case there occurred complete perforation causing two openings through the cul-de-sac of the joint. Such wounds are produced by implements which are, to say the least, non-sterile, and this perforation of the uncleansed skin conveys infectious material into the joint capsule. Yet in many instances, especially in country practice, no infectious arthritis results where ...

— Lameness of the Horse - Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 • John Victor Lacroix

... telescope for you, Tedril," said Trevalyon. "I know it well, now, Mrs. Tompkins, you have a fine view taking in as you see a ravishing bit of Richmond a very embodiment of rest, at least where you are gazing, with the music which you are to imagine of the Thames at ...

— A Heart-Song of To-day • Annie Gregg Savigny

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