The Least Bit

Definition: The Least Bit

1. In the slightest degree or in any respect; "Are you at all interested? No, not at all"; "was not in the least unfriendly".

Modern Usage: The Least Bit

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You're like the thief who isn't the least bit sorry he stole, but is terribly, terribly sorry he's going to jail. (Gone with the Wind; writing credit: Margaret Mitchell; Sidney Howard) This was transfer from film of experiments done on the Gate in 1945. You don't find that the least bit intriguing? (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright) I had to ask, because to be honest with you, I don't find you the least bit attractive. (Beautiful Girls; writing credit: Scott Rosenberg)
Lyrics	That I am not the least bit into (Always in My Heart; performing artist: Tevin Campbell)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Use in Literature: The Least Bit

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The least bit of a street gutter would have been more to her mind.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Spoken Usage: The Least Bit

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dominick Dunne	I think he can get a fair trial. I think you can always get a fair trial. I think he's going to have a hard time. I don't have the least bit of sympathy for the guy, I'm sorry. And it's going to be fascinating to watch that trial.
Marlo Thomas	You might be interested to know that I am not in the least bit interested in what you're interested in.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: The Least Bit

Language		Translations for "the least bit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		半點 . (various references)

Pig Latin		ethay eastlay itbay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: The Least Bit

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-h-i-l-s-t-t-t"
	-1 letter: biathletes.
	-2 letters: biathlete.
	-3 letters: athletes, battiest, blithest, hesitate, lathiest, seatbelt, steatite, testable, tithable.
	-4 letters: albites, astilbe, atheist, athlete, bailees, bastile, batiste, battles, beastie, bestial, bethels, bistate, blastie, etatist, halites, heliast, lithest, sheltie, shtetel, stabile, staithe, stealth, tablets, tatties, tattles, testate, thistle, tittles.
	-5 letters: abeles, ablest, abseil, albeit, albite, attest, bailee, bathes, battle, behest, belies, betels.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-h-i-l-s-t-t-t"
	+5 letters: stretchabilities.
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