in the least

1. 1.

   to any extent at all

   “are you in the least interested?”

   Synonymseven a little
2. 2.

   in the slightest degree or in any respect

   “Are you at all interested? No, not at all”

   “was not in the least unfriendly”

   Synonymsat allthe least bit

Questions about in the least

What does in the least mean?

in the least means "to any extent at all". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for in the least?

Close synonyms include even a little, at all, the least bit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is in the least a common word?

in the least is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.