LekhoriLekhoriThe most little; the smallest amount or quantity of something.
He earns the least money in his family. Of all the sisters, she has the least patience. I can only afford to pay the least of the bills. I'm giving (the) least of all towards her present.
Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.
It was the least surprising thing.
In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.
to reward those who least deserve it
Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit.
superlative form of little: most little; littlest.
least weasel
At least.
“Why he took and dipped his hand in a rotten stump where the rain water was.” “In the day time?” “Certainly.” “With his face to the stump?” “Yes. Least I reckon so.”
From Middle English leste, lest, last, from Old English lǣst, a contraction of læsast, læsest, lærest (“least”), from Proto-Germanic *laisistaz (“smallest; least”), related to Old English læs (“less”)...
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