Crossword clues for least
least
- Path of ___ resistance
- Part of LCD
- Lion's share's opposite
- LCD component
- Last but not ___
- "... to say the ___"
- Part of L.C.M
- Hardly the most
- Furthest down, priority-wise
- "Last but not ___ ..."
- The bare minimum
- The "L" of L.C.D
- Superlatively minimal
- Smallest quantity
- Smallest in magnitude
- Smallest degree
- Minute to the max
- Minimal in magnitude
- Last alternative?
- Kind of common denominator
- Closest to nothing
- "To say the ___..."
- "To say the ___!"
- "That's the ___ of my worries!"
- "Not in the ___"
- "It's the ___ you can do"
- " ... to say the __"
- ___ common denominator
- What a letter needs
- Very minimum
- U-turn from most
- U-turn from lion's share
- The minimum
- Steal (anag)
- Smallest in size
- Smallest in degree
- Not under, with "at"
- Not most
- Most unimportant
- Most opposite
- Most insignficant
- Most converse?
- Minimalist's focus
- Maximum minimal amount
- Less than less
- Last, but not ___
- Last but not __
- In the ___ (at all)
- In any case, with "at"
- Furthest from most
- Far from the most
- Closest to none
- "That is the ___ of my worries!"
- "That government is best which governs ___" (Thoreau)
- "Man is __ himself when he talks in his own person": Wilde
- "Last, but not __ . . ."
- "For I am the __ of the apostles": Paul (I Corinthians)
- "At ___ you tried!"
- "At ___ We Tried" Moby
- "At ___ I'm Known for Something" New Found Glory
- "At ___ (The Little Things)" Kelly Price
- "And then, when you ___ expect it ..."
- ''It was the ___ I could do''
- ''... to say the ___''
- ___ squares (a statistical method)
- ___ of one's worries
- No fewer than twelve ultimately entering after all
- No fewer than fifty each in a test (not English)
- Conservatively speaking they lost at sea, beaten
- Not in the _____
- Part of L.C.M.
- ___squares (statistical method)
- Minimal amount
- Extreme amount
- "It was the ___ I could do"
- Littlest
- Minimum amount
- Fewest possible
- Most trifling
- Kind of resistance?
- What the booby prize winner scored
- Lowest in importance
- Smallest amount
- Slightest amount
- Opposite of most
- Nadir amount
- Rock-bottom
- The "L" of L.C.D.
- "That's the ___ I can do"
- Mathematical extreme
- Bare minimum
- Closest to nil
- ___ of all
- Smallest possible
- Most trivial
- "It's the ___ I can do"
- Most negligible
- Absolute minimum
- Closest to zero
- Tiniest thing
- Tiniest bit
- Most's opposite
- Part of L.C.D.
- Most insignificant
- The smallest part
- At ___ (in any case)
- Describing some bitterns and flycatchers
- Opposite of the lion's share
- Next to nothing
- "___ said is soonest mended"
- Minimally
- Kin of fewest
- Kind of wise
- "___ said, soonest mended"
- Minutest
- Kind of flycatcher
- Minimum piece, simple as that
- Continue to conserve energy? The smallest amount
- Smallest in amount
- Smallest in extent
- Smallest article in case put outside
- Smallest article breaks in case
- Smallest area cuts half of that?
- Lowest amount
- To the smallest degree
- To the lowest degree
- The smallest amount of arsenic stored by permit
- In case
- Most minimal
- The absolute minimum
- Part of l.c.d
- ". . . to say the ___"
- Numerical extreme
- Lowest possible
- At ___ (anyway)
- Type of common denominator
- Most minute
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Least \Least\, adv. In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.
Least \Least\, conj.
See Lest, conj. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Least \Least\ (l[=e]st), a. [OE. last, lest, AS. l[=ae]sast, l[=ae]sest, superl. of l[=ae]ssa less. See Less, a.] [Used as the superlative of little.] Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.
Note: Least is often used with the, as if a noun.
I am the least of the apostles.
--1 Cor. xv.
9.
At least, or At the least, at the least estimate, consideration, chance, etc.; being no less than; hence, at any rate; at all events; even. See However.
He who tempts, though in vain, at least asperses
The tempted with dishonor.
--Milton.
Upon the mast they saw a young man, at least if he
were a man, who sat as on horseback.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
In least, or In the least, in the least degree, manner,
etc. ``He that is unjust in the least is unjust also in
much.''
--Luke xvi. 10.
Least squares (Math.), a method of deducing from a number of carefully made yet slightly discordant observations of a phenomenon the most probable values of the unknown quantities.
Note: It takes as its fundamental principle that the most probable values are those which make the sum of the squares of the residual errors of the observation a minimum.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English læst, earlier læsest "smallest" (superlative of lytel "small"), from Proto-Germanic superlative *laisistaz (see less). Qualifying phrase at least is Middle English æt læstan. As a noun, from early 12c.; as an adverb, c.1200.
Wiktionary
adv. 1 Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding ''-est''. 2 In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others. det. (en-superlativelittle);The smallest amount of [something Appendix:Glossary#uncountable].
WordNet
adv. used to form the superlative; "The garter snake is the least dangerous snake" [syn: to the lowest degree] [ant: most]
adj. the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree; "didn't care the least bit"; "he has the least talent of anyone" [syn: least(a)] [ant: most(a)]
minimal in magnitude; "lowest wages"; "the least amount of fat allowed"; "the smallest amount" [syn: lowest, smallest]
having or being distinguished by diminutive size; "the least bittern" [syn: littlest, smallest]
Wikipedia
Least may refer to:
- Little
- Child
- less
Usage examples of "least".
Lionel Brown had fractured his left leg in at least two places, broken his left wrist, and probably crushed a couple of ribs.
Darcy will be departing Said Ababa with at least five million dollars in liquid assets.
At least half of them were mush-skinned Abaddon corpses, walking dead.
Evidently, somewhere near Aberdeen there is at least one mine from which platinum is extracted.
Such a work is now attempted--would it were by another and abler hand-- which, imperfect as it is, may at least offer some useful suggestions, give a right direction to political thought, although it should fail to satisfy the mind of the reader.
Elwyn might not hurt him deliberately, but it was at least even money that she would drop him, or forget him in some inconvenient place, or absentmindedly lead him into a Chaotic Zone if she could find one.
All this, if you please, because I have brought away the image of a god that none of their forefathers can have seen for generations, since the tablets buried with it, written in old Accadian, show that it was set beneath the angle of the temple, probably in a time of danger at least a thousand years ago.
But after the court of the Achaemenid, that of Magadha was provincial, to say the least.
Also, whenever possible, the Achaemenid tries to leave at least the semblance of power to the old ruling houses.
No one ever had trouble hearing what Adams had to say, nor was there ever the least ambiguity about what he meant.
That it was, at the least, inconsistent for slave owners to be espousing freedom and equality was not lost on Adams, any more than on others on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
La Vauguyon, a plump and personable young man whom Adams genuinely liked, spent the next several hours trying to dissuade him, urging that at the least he wait for an opinion from Vergennes.
But it was also clear to Adams that neither Jefferson nor Madison had the least desire to work with the administration, and thus he could expect no help from any of the Republicans.
French Revolution, which Adams read at least twice and with delight, since he disagreed with nearly everything she said.
The streets were deserted--or at least they seemed to be--as Stevie and Adonis made their way down a back alley and, after disarming the security system, entered her home.