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least

/list/
noun
  1. Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit.

adverb
  1. Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.

    "It was the least surprising thing."

  2. In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.

    "They travel the least of all."

Antonymsmost

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