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by the least: at least. Obsolete.
In adverbial phrases. †at (the) leastwise: at least (obsolete). in the leastwise: in the least (now rare).
Only in at leastways (also †at the leastways): at least. Now rare (perhaps regional).
At least; not by any means all. Obsolete.
As a postmodifier, often interpretable as having the adverbial sense ‘at least, fully’. Cf. sense A. 27. Obsolete.
at least hand: at least. Obsolete.