Leastways
[leest-weyz] /ˈlistˌweɪz/
adverb, Dialect.
1.
at least; at any rate; leastwise.
/ˈliːstˌweɪz/
adverb
1.
(informal) at least; anyway; at any rate
1825, colloquial, from least + way. Regarded as vulgar, but simply a one-word form of Chaucer’s leest weye (late 14c.).
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