[ adv ] if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial) <adv.all> at least he survivedthey felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching
Leastways \Least"ways`\, Leastwise \Least"wise`\, adv. At least; at all events. [Colloq.]
{At leastways}, or {At leastwise}, at least. [Obs.] --Fuller.