leastways
معنی فارسی
يا دست کم يا اقلا
معنی کامل و مثالها
/-wāz´/adv.
● (محلی) بههر حال، در هر صورت، دست کم
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The word 'least' comes from the Old English word 'lǣst', meaning 'smallest, least'. 'Ways' is a colloquial form of 'wise', meaning 'manner or fashion'.
مثال
- I don't know much about it, leastways not enough to make a decision.
- He didn't say much, leastways not to me.
- I can't promise anything, leastways not right now.
تعریف انگلیسی
adverb
- 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”