usage: if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial); "at least he survived"; "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"; "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"
2. at least, at the least
usage: not less than; "at least two hours studying the manual"; "a tumor at least as big as an orange"