Crossword clues for leastways
leastways
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leastways \Least"ways`\, Leastwise \Least"wise`\, adv. At least; at all events. [Colloq.]
At leastways, or At leastwise, at least. [Obs.]
--Fuller.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
adv. (''colloquial'' or ''dialectal'') at least
WordNet
adv. if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial); "at least he survived"; "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"; "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching" [syn: at least, leastwise, at any rate]
Usage examples of "leastways".
We fin'ly done foun' the roof awf Foster's house, whut's left of 'er, leastways.
Leastways, I never heard of any other clipcocks a German officer was trying to get hold of.
I 'eard 'im say he always 'ad one every place 'e was in as a butler-- leastways, whenever there was any dorters of the 'ouse.
Lawrence would say no more, so I decided that I would descend from my high horse, and once more seek out Poirot at Leastways Cottage.
Yas, I kno' yer brother— leastways hev seen him an' heerd heeps about him.
Leastways, he didn't know the words they'd doubtless put down on paper to be sung on such solemn occasions.
Leastways with one of 'em -- the uppitiest yaller son-of-a-bitch you ever see.