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in the least
in the least
Also, in the slightest. At all, in the smallest degree. These terms are nearly always used in a negative context. For example, I don't care in the least what you do with the money, or It doesn't matter in the slightest whether or not you attend. [c. 1600] They may also be put as not in the least or not in the slightest, as in I am not in the least worried about the outcome, or The heat doesn't bother me in the slightest. In the least dates from about 1600; in the slightest has been used in the sense of "emphatically unimportant or trifling" since the late 1500s.
in the least
At all: I don't mind in the least.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Yaser | | - | Persian, Turkish, Arabic |
Wynona | | wi-NON-ə | English |
Dona | | DAHN-ə | English |
Jenny | | JEN-ee (English) | English, Swedish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Spanish |
ElŽBieta | | - | Lithuanian |
Tau | | - | Southern African, Tswana, Sotho |