Meanings
- idiomaticnot comparablenot at all, not in any way
- Do you miss your old housemates? - Not in the slightest! I'm glad to be rid of them.
1 more example
The Mountain versus the Hound played out entertainingly, with the elder Clegane still outmatching his younger brother pound for pound and blow for blow. Being turned into a walking zombie of sorts didn’t just amplify his strength; it essentially obviated the need to parry blows, as even Sandor sinking his sword deep into his undead brother didn’t seem to slow him down in the slightest.
2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 15 May 2019Synonyms: not in the least, not at all
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbnot at all, not in any way
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not in the slightest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/not%20in%20the%20slightest
“not in the slightest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/not%20in%20the%20slightest. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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