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to say the least

to say the least adverb: used to suggest an understatement.

Adverb

to say the least (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Used to suggest an understatement.
    • The 9/11 attacks weren't very good for America. / To say the least!
    • His performance, to say the least, didn't impress me.

to say the least meaning in Malayalam and Arabic

to say the least in Malayalam

to put it mildly, putting it mildly, without any exaggeration
മിതമായി പറഞ്ഞാൽ, മിതമായ ഭാഷയിൽ പറഞ്ഞാൽ, ചുരുക്കിപ്പറഞ്ഞാൽ, ഹ്രസ്വമായി പറഞ്ഞാൽ, അതിശയോക്തിയില്ലാതെ പറഞ്ഞാൽ, ഏറ്റവും മിതമായി പറഞ്ഞാൽ

to say the least in Arabic

suggesting understatement
على أقلّ تقدير

Synonyms of to say the least

Questions about to say the least

What does to say the least mean?
To say the least means used to suggest an understatement.
What is to say the least in Malayalam?
To say the least in Malayalam is മിതമായി പറഞ്ഞാൽ, മിതമായ ഭാഷയിൽ പറഞ്ഞാൽ, ചുരുക്കിപ്പറഞ്ഞാൽ. See To say the least meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is to say the least?
To say the least is an adverb.

Words near to say the least in the dictionary

  1. to put it another way
  2. to reckon with
  3. to rights
  4. to save one's life
  5. to say nothing of
  6. to say the least
  7. to scale
  8. to some extent
  9. to someone's credit
  10. to someone's face
  11. to someone's liking

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: to say the least (page history and authors); to say the least (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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