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.'
I don't know if he meant it, but leastwise he apologized.
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(US, informal) At least.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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