(UK, colloquial, _, or, _, dialectal) at least.
(UK, colloquial, _, or, _, dialectal) at least.
‘Cook-housekeeper jobs don’t grow on trees,’ went on the woman, ‘leastways not where you can keep a youngster with you.’
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(US, informal) At least.
An informal American adverb meaning 'at least' or 'at any rate' — used to qualify a statement by acknowledging a minimum or offering a partial concession. It has a folksy, rural American quality and appears frequently in Southern and Midwestern speech patterns. Slightly dated but still encountered in informal writing and dialogue. Essentially interchangeable with 'at least' or 'at any rate.'
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(especially, UK, meiosis) Very.
(UK, _, dialectal) By this time; by now.