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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

to say the least
to not mention as much as you could about something The dinner was tasteless, 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.
"It strikes me as remarkable, to say the least, that you should show enthusiasm," I answered coldly.
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.
 
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