leastwise

At any rate

Leastwise is an informal or dialectal way of saying "at least" or "anyway," used to soften or qualify a statement: He wasn't happy about it—leastwise, that's how it seemed to me.

The word appears more often in regional American and British speech than in formal writing.

Also spelled as two words: least wise.

adverb

anyway

In any case

at all events · anywise · howbeit · still · yet · even so · all the same · regardless · notwithstanding · after all

minimum

minimally

To the smallest extent

bottom line · floor · baseline · threshold

Opposites
scope of assertion

leastwiseat most

Not exceeding

maximally · at the very most · at best · tops · utterly

certainty/qualification

leastwiseabsolutely

Completely, without exception

completely · entirely · totally · unequivocally · wholly

certainty/commitment

leastwisecertainly

Without any doubt

definitely · absolutely · undoubtedly · unquestionably · assuredly

Family

less, least, lessen, lesser, nevertheless, nonetheless, leastways, at least, lesser-known

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