LEAST

a. adv. conj.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.

2.
adv.

In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.

3.
conj.

See Lest, conj. [Obs.] Spenser.