Leastways

//ˈliːstˌweɪz// adv, slang

adv, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    at least UK, colloquial, dialectal, not-comparable

    "“My advice, or, leastways, I should say, my orders, is,” said the fattest man of the party, “that we 'mediately go home again.”"

Adverb
  1. 1
    if nothing else (‘leastwise’ is informal and ‘leastways’ is colloquial) wordnet

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"“My advice, or, leastways, I should say, my orders, is,” said the fattest man of the party, “that we 'mediately go home again.”"

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