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THE LEAST BIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does the least bit mean?
• THE LEAST BIT (adverb)
The adverb THE LEAST BIT has 1 sense:
1. in the slightest degree or in any respect
Familiarity information: THE LEAST BIT used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the slightest degree or in any respect
Synonyms:
at all; in the least; the least bit
Context example:
was not in the least unfriendly
Context examples
Not the least bit. Might is right, and that is all there is to it. Weakness is wrong.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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