| 单词 | at the leastways |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the leastways Only in at leastways (also † at the leastways): at least. Now rare (perhaps regional).Originally written as two words. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > at least by the leastc1300 at (the) leastwise?c1425 at leastways?1529 with the least?1552 good1577 at least handa1586 ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman ii. vii. sig. f.ijv For the man is nat so moche bounde as the woman to kepe chastite at leaste wayes by the lawes of the worlde. 1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 88v Lette vs be moued at the least wayes with his promises. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 100 In expectance either of speedy succession after him, or at least waies of fellowship in the Empire with him. 1721 P. Kennedy Disc. Pestilence & Contagion 19 Yet at least ways such poor miserable People will be much more liable, and their Bodies more dispos'd to receive..the malign Atoms of a contagious Malady. 1743 G. Ballantyne Vindic. Hereditary Right Majesty 50 The Case will remain the same, so that the Freedom of the States and People be preserved, and subsist, or at least-ways, be restored. 1863 P. S. Davis Young Parson xxxiv. 288 You know there must be a sort of basis, or at least ways, I always thought so. 1884 Current (Chicago) 17 May 347/2 One of them spyin' devils, a lookin' around to take our homes, or report on us at the least ways. 1885 Cent. Mag. Apr. 854/1 That were your name, or at leastways it usened to be. 1916 H. Day Blow Man Down xv. 184 What them Wall Street cusses are gunning through with Marston leading 'em—or, at leastways, he's supposed to be leading. 1975 Monroe (Wisconsin) Evening Times 18 Mar. 2/4 I feel at the present time, they're not doing this, at leastways a large majority of them. < as lemmas |
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