leastwise, adv.
if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 60 freq. cnt.: 60
at any rate at least leastways leastwise
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 60 freq. cnt.: 60
at any rate at least leastways leastwise
sample sentences
"at least he survived""they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"
"the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"
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