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leastwise, adv.|ˈliːstwaɪz|
[See wise n., -wise, and cf. leastways.]
†a. As two words (later often written as one) in certain phrases: at (the) least wise, = ‘at least’; in the least wise, = ‘in the least.’ Obs.
b. As one word = ‘at least’. Somewhat rare.
1534More Comf. agst. Trib. iii. xi. (1553) P iij b, Though a man..abide in great authoritie til he dye, yet than at y⊇ leaste wise euery man must leaue it at y⊇ last. 1577T. Vautrollier Luther on Ep. Gal. 243, I feele not my selfe to haue any righteousnes, or at least wise, I feele it but very litle. 1611Bible Transl. Pref. 2 The first christened Emperour (at the leastwise that openly professed the faith). 1676Temple Let. to M. Pomponne Wks. 1731 II. 365, I judged it a Matter of too great Weight for me to intermeddle with in the leastwise. 1692S. Patrick Answ. Touchstone 12 Impugned..by the Authority of Holy Scripture, or at least-wise, by the Universal Councils of Catholick Priests. a1825[see leastways]. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. xvi. 281 It was a sign that his money would come to light again, or leastwise that the robber would be made to answer for it. 1883A. Edersheim Life Jesus I. ii. 20 The old Testament, leastwise, the Law of Moses, was directly and wholly from God. |