单词 | at the lowest |
释义 | > as lemmasat the lowest b. at lowest: at worst, at least. Also at the lowest. ΚΠ 1640 J. Shirley Coronation v. sig. I2 Shall I thinke I have not at the lowest enough merit, Setting aside my birth, to poyze with yours. 1703 tr. S. von Pufendorf Of Law of Nature & Nations viii. iv. 195/1 Simple Esteem among such as live in a Commonwealth, is that by which a Man is look'd upon to be at lowest a common, but a sound Member of the State. 1762 London Chron. 18 Sept. 284/1 There had stood a disadvantage against all undertakers of corn-raising, of 20 per cent. at lowest, by reason of the high price of labour.., and the low price of corn. 1861 J. S. Mill Considerations Representative Govt. xviii. 336 Men who had been brought up to their duties, and had fulfilled them for many years, at lowest without disgrace. 1950 A. P. Rossiter Eng. Drama x. 146 At lowest it is case-hardened jesting about syphilis. 1986 R. Syme Augustan Aristocracy (1989) xiii. 181 At the lowest, he was counted safe and sagacious. 2002 J. T. Mugambwa & H. A. Amankwah Land Law & Policy in Papua New Guinea (ed. 2) iii. 146 The decision..was, at lowest, a decision by default. < as lemmas |
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