Least
Least adjective - The superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree.
Slightest
Slightest adjective - Being the least in amount, number, or size possible.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland, or at least her Alternate History persona in the second Blackadder series, is also very fond of ordering people's execution at the slightest whim.
Source: Aristocrats Are Evil - If you go to a community college instead of transferring straight to a four-year university, your High School GPA doesn't even matter in the slightest as long as you at least have your diploma.
Source: Serious Business / Real Life - When confronted about this in the latest Sharpe book, he mockingly tells Sharpe he's not sorry in the least and skips out with no retribution in the slightest.
Source: Karma Houdini / Literature
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