adverb
- at least; anyway
Usage: informal; chiefly dialectal
Examples
- I don’t know if he’ll come, but leastways he said he’d try.
- The weather’s been terrible, leastways that’s what I heard.
- She might not win, but leastways she gave it her best effort.
- I can’t promise anything, leastways not right now.
- The store was closed, or leastways it looked that way.
- He’s not the smartest, but leastways he’s honest.