to say the least

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to say the least

to not mention as much as you could about something. The dinner was tasteless, to say the least.

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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 More results

References in classic literature

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

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