LEASTWAYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leastways mean? 

• LEASTWAYS (adverb)
  The adverb LEASTWAYS has 1 sense:

1. if nothing else ('leastwise' is informal and 'leastways' is colloquial)

  Familiarity information: LEASTWAYS used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEASTWAYS (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

If nothing else ('leastwise' is informal and 'leastways' is colloquial)

Synonyms:

at any rate; at least; leastways; leastwise

Context example:

the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 Context examples 

He's dead, and he don't walk, that I know; leastways, he won't walk by day, and you may lay to that.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

You see, Master Copperfield, said he, as he forced himself upon my company for a turn in the Doctor's garden, where a person loves, a person is a little jealous—leastways, anxious to keep an eye on the beloved one.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Leastways, none of us had looked out.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

It was battle, murder, and sudden death, leastways—him against six.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But you're able to hear, I reckon; leastways, your ears is big enough.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Leastways, if you don't, I do; and I wait here—and I'm still your cap'n, mind—till you outs with your grievances and I reply; in the meantime, your black spot ain't worth a biscuit.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Leastways, if such was your intention as to enter and careen, and there ain't no better place for that in these waters.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)