least
/list/ particule C2En français : le moindre, le plus petit
- Smallest in amount or extent. · He earns the least money in his family.· Of all the sisters, she has the least patience.
- Followed by a plural noun: the smallest number of; the fewest. · Whichever queue contains the least items by the time this logic branch is reached will be executed first.
- Any, no matter how small in amount or extent. · not even the least amount· It is indicative of his true character that he could not manage to show even the least bit of courtesy in such a situation.
Dans la bibliothèque
“Madame,” replied Villefort, with a mournful smile, “I have already had the honor to observe that my father has—at least, I hope so—abjured his past errors, and that he is, at the present moment, a firm and zealous friend to religion and order—a better royalist, possibly, than his son; for he has to atone for past dereliction, while I have no other impulse than warm, decided preference and conviction.” Having made this well-turned speech, Villefort looked carefully around to mark the effect of his oratory, much as he would have done had he been addressing the bench in open court.
“An island situated on the other side of the equator, at least two thousand leagues from here,” replied the count.
“That proves, at least, that he has wanted for nothing during your absence.”
“Ah, ha,” said the shipowner, “I am not in the least surprised, for she has been to me three times, inquiring if there were any news of the Pharaon.
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