least
/list/ adverbe B1En français : moindre, moins
- In a degree below all others; in the lowest or smallest degree. · My best routine was the one I had practised the least.· I don’t much like housework, and doing the dishes least of all.
- Used to form superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est. · It was the least surprising thing.
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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