to say the least

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to say the least

at the very least; without overemphasizing the subject; to put it mildly. We were not at all pleased with her work—to say the least. When they had an accident, they were upset to say the least.

See also: least, say

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I am sure your ladyship is as virtuous a lady as ever sat foot on English ground, and I will claw any villain's eyes out who dares for to offer to presume for to say the least word to the contrary. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context "It strikes me as remarkable, to say the least, that you should show enthusiasm," I answered coldly. The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context Her doubt was confirmed as a certainty; and the result, which might be expected to take place toward the end of the summer, was, at her age and with her constitutional peculiarities, a subject for serious future anxiety, to say the least of it. No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context			to cap it all to coin a phrase to credit to cut a long story short to date to death to die for To each his own to each own To err is human to face to go to have a hollow leg to have the hots for to heart's content to hell and gone to hell with to liking to make a long story short to my mind to no avail to put it another way to put it mildly to put too fine a point on it to say nothing of to say the least to shout about to some extent to speak of to that effect to the best of ability to the bitter end to the bone to the contrary to the core to the ends of the earth to the fore to the four winds to the gunwales to the hilt to the last to the letter to the manner born to the max to the nth degree to the point to the tune of To the victors belong the spoils to top it all to way of thinking to whom it may concern			To Sail Beyond the Sunset To sail fine To sail free To sail on a rhumb To saint it To sally To sally To sally To salt a mine To salt away to satisfaction to satisfaction to satisfaction to satisfaction to save (one's) life to save (one's) life to save (one's) life to save (one's) life To save appearances to save life to save life to save life to save life To save one's bacon To savor of the pan To say amen to to say nothing of to say nothing of to say nothing of to say nothing of to say the least to say the least of it to say the least of it To scale a debt, wages, etc. To scare away To scare up to schedule to schedule to schedule to schedule To scrape acquaintance To scratch a ticket To screw in To screw out To screw up To sear up To search out To see (anything) out To see (one) through To see about a thing To see how the squares go To see into a millstone To see on To see service To see stars To see the back of To see to To See You To seed down

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