to say the least

idiom

used to emphasize a statement
She was not happy, to say the least.

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The Galatasaray head coach had shaken the hands of the officials and was starting to head over to his side’s supporters — then came the nose tweak that was, to say the least, something of a surprise. Nick Miller, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 If anything, Blaine’s saccharine monologue that precedes the kiss kind of serves as cosmic justice for Kurt, who really gets the short end of the stick in season two, to say the least. James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025 But any lyrical intensity is undercut, to say the least, by the playfulness of Mercury’s vocals and the gleefully absurd operatic bits. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025 His transformation is unusual to say the least, but not totally unexpected by the Milwaukee Brewers. Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for to say the least

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“To say the least.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20say%20the%20least. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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