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PRONUNCIATION OF LEASTWAYS

leastways  [ˈliːstˌweɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEASTWAYS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leastways is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES LEASTWAYS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of leastways in the English dictionary

The definition of leastways in the dictionary is at least; anyway; at any rate.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEASTWAYS


anyways
ˈɛnɪˌweɪz
breadthways
ˈbrɛdθˌweɪz
cornerways
ˈkɔːnəˌweɪz
crossways
ˈkrɒsˌweɪz
edgeways
ˈɛdʒˌweɪz
endways
ˈɛndˌweɪz
flatways
ˈflætˌweɪz
folkways
ˈfəʊkˌweɪz
foodways
ˈfuːdˌweɪz
frontways
ˈfrʌntˌweɪz
leastaways
ˈliːstəˌweɪz
lengthways
ˈlɛŋkθˌweɪz
longways
ˈlɒŋˌweɪz
noways
ˈnəʊˌweɪz
sideways
ˈsaɪdˌweɪz
slantingways
ˈslɑːntɪŋˌweɪz
slantways
ˈslɑːntˌweɪz
spoonways
ˈspuːnˌweɪz
strideways
ˈstraɪdˌweɪz
thwartways
ˈθwɔːtˌweɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEASTWAYS

leasable
lease
lease-lend
leaseback
leasehold
leasehold reform
leaseholder
leaser
leash
leasing
leasow
least
least common denominator
least common multiple
least squares
least-worst
leastaways
leastwise
leat
leather

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEASTWAYS

always
both ways
cut both ways
days
dog days
early days
get a word in edgeways
good old days
halcyon days
have it both ways
it´s early days
nowadays
old days
one of these days
school holidays
stays
swing both ways
weekdays
widthways
yesterdays

Synonyms and antonyms of leastways in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «leastways» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEASTWAYS

Find out the translation of leastways to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of leastways from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leastways» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

至少 -
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Por lo menos
570 millions of speakers

English

leastways
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छोटी तरफ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

leastways
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

leastways
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ao menos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অথবা নিতান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

leastways
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paling kurang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

leastways
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

leastways
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아무튼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dù sao mặc lòng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

leastways
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमीतकमी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hiç olmazsa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

leastways
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

leastways
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

leastways
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

leastways
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

leastways
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

leastways
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

leastways
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leastways
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leastways

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEASTWAYS»

The term «leastways» is normally little used and occupies the 120.785 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEASTWAYS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «leastways» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «leastways» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leastways

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEASTWAYS»

Discover the use of leastways in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leastways and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The English dialect dictionary
His brush was down, leastways draggling on the ground (L.C.l\l.); Not.l s.Lin. Leastwaas ahm putty shoer it'll be $05 (T.H.RJ. sw.Lin.l Leastways without you've some beestlings. Lei.1 th.1 He knew very little about it, but leastways the horse ...
Joseph Wright
2
By the Light of the Soul A Novel
Leastways—” “A fat woman!” cried Wollaston Lee. “Who was the fat woman?” “I hadn't never saw her afore. She was awful fat, and was a steppin' on her dress.” Wollaston was keen-witted, and he immediately grasped at the truth of the matter.
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, 2012
3
Mrs. Brown Series
Mrs., Minchin's son, 'as come out from Camberwell with eleven over forty'years ago, as I was glad to see when we got out at the Cape, as kep' a lodgin'-'ouse, leastways 'er three dorters, as was all widders, leastways two for' certain, and one  ...
George Rose, 1867
4
Paperback Oxford English Dictionary
view. not least notably; in particular. leastways adv. dialect or informal at least. leather n. 1 a material made from the skin of an animal by tanning or a similar process. 2 (leathers) leather clothes worn by a motorcyclist. leatherjacket n. Brit. the ...
Oxford Dictionaries,, Maurice Waite, 2012
5
No Starling: Poems
LEASTWAYS. The ship had a bar, listing. A porthole awash. Loyal drinkers swearing they'd seen the giant squid. Sheer genius, they said, to survive the millennia, the depths. I blinked into that window at only my face . . . all splash and dissolve.
Nance Van Winckel, 2007
6
A Leaf and a Rose: (and a Comprehensive Selection, Portable ...
Leastways. Downs. (1869). In. shantytown (just outside of the city of Ozark) there's a race track, old Josh goes to it occasionally, and it's called, “Leastways.” It's really ragged, and not your Kentucky Derby type track—by far, not much to see at ...
Ed. D. Dennis L. Siluk, 2010
7
The Life and Times of Rip Jackson: Growing Up Southern and ...
Told him I ain't got no money, leastways not to be paying him with. He said no matter. If you can't afford it, they make one do it for free. But one thing I know, you get what you pay for. You sure do. Anyway, this fella called himself John Neal.
Thomas H. Davis, Tom Davis, 2002
8
Trek Mi Q'an 1-2-3
Leastways,” he sniffed, “Kyra will tell you 'tis your Emperor who holds that coveted title.” Kil did a little eye rolling of his own. Zor grunted. “Just tell me what Ari said.” He nodded. “She proclaims that so long as Rem experiences no separations ...
Jaid Black, 2013
9
Dorothy South: A Love Story of Virginia Just Before the War
got no reg'lar wuk. I feeds de chickens, sometimes, and fin's hens' nests an' min's chillun, an' dribes de tukkeys into de tobacco lots to eat de grasshoppers an' I gi^ es aftah de mail. Dat's what I'se a doin' now. Leastways I'se a comin' back wid ...
George Cary Eggleston, 2010
10
Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood
But if I had thought, Mr Weir, as how you would be ready to take me up short for mentionin' of the thing, I wouldn't ha' opened my mouth to you about parson— leastways, in that way, I mean." " But what way do you mean, Old Rogers 2 " " Why, ...
George Macdonald, 1871

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEASTWAYS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leastways is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Study Offers New Insights into How High-Fat Foods Affect the Brain
These days, when food is no longer an issue - well, not in developed countries leastways - medical experts have gotten into the habit of ... «Softpedia News, Jul 15»
2
This Election's about Canada's Frighteningly Near Future
Well, it doesn't, or leastways not by 2030, if the G20 has got anything to do with it. I somehow missed the announcement late last year by the ... «TheTyee.ca, Jul 15»
3
Government by sneak: The preferred Harper Conservative response …
Leastways, with the dairy industry concentrated in Quebec, where the Cons have had a consistently hard time winning seats anyway, and ... «rabble.ca, Jun 15»
4
Global Warming Impact on Canada's 2015 Federal Election
Well, it doesn't, or leastways not by 2030, if the G20 has got anything to do with it. I somehow missed the announcement late last year by the ... «rabble.ca, Jun 15»
5
Rachel Notley offers a dignified argument for healing and …
Leastways, Tweeted Calgary-North West MLA Sandra Jansen, she was "pleased to support Bill 1 banning corporate and union donations" in ... «rabble.ca, Jun 15»
6
Another Tack: Mahmoud Abbas's careless candor
... the West arrogantly- cum-ignorantly sought to democratize those who didn't quite yearn to be free (leastways not as we conceive of freedom). «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jun 15»
7
Remembering Herndon's History: The Rail Comes to Herndon
“While we were living there [in Thorntonville], the railroad was commencing to come through the woods, leastways, it begun to come through in ... «Patch.com, Jun 15»
8
Yes, we are what we eat but let's not be silly about it
... syndrome by proxy: in the sense that the parent gets to feel special because their “allergic” child is special – leastways at every mealtime. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
9
Picking a cabinet is never an easy job -- it'll be tougher, with higher …
That's a sign, though, that the NDP needs to get on with it. While we wait, I'm going to speculate a bit about Notley's first cabinet, leastways who ... «rabble.ca, May 15»
10
'Parson' Manning, in the pulpit, preaches formula of failure to …
Leastways, he didn't deign to mention Notley by name, presumably because he didn't want to unintentionally sprinkle the sleepy pages of the ... «rabble.ca, May 15»

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