leastwise

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   at least; in any case or if nothing else; informal or dialectal

   The road was dry, leastwise until we reached the marsh.

A compound of least + -wise, the suffix meaning 'in the manner or respect of.' It developed as a dialectal and informal alternative to at least, much like the related form leastways.

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