How Do You Use Last But Not Least In A Sentence?

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You use last but not least

to say that the last person or thing to be mentioned is as important as all the others

. … her four sons, Christopher, twins Daniel and Nicholas, and last but not least 2-year-old Jack.

Can I use last but not least in writing?

“Last but not least” is a common English transitional expression, but it is somewhat informal by essay standards, so I would suggest using it for your

independent writing

task, and only if you want to draw the rater’s attention to your final reason/supporting idea, because that is ultimately what that expression does …

How do you use not the least in a sentence?


You can use not least to emphasize a particularly important example or reason

. Dieting can be bad for you, not least because it is a cause of stress. Everyone is more reluctant to travel these days, not least the Americans.

Is Last but not the least an idiom?

A phrase

used to emphasize that someone or something is still significant

, despite being mentioned last in a list of people or things.

What is another way to say last but not least?


finally


finally yet importantly
not least of all lastly just as importantly ultimately last in closing to conclude in conclusion

What is the meaning of in the least?

At all,

in the smallest degree

. These terms are nearly always used in a negative context. For example, I don’t care in the least what you do with the money, or It doesn’t matter in the slightest whether or not you attend.

What does last but not least meaning in English?

—used to say that

a final statement is not less important than previous statements

The television is big, has an excellent picture, and last but not least, it’s cheap.

Where Did Last but not least came from?

The idea, if not the phrase ‘last but not least,’ may originate

in the Bible

, where in John Wyclif’s 1382 version of Matthew, 19:30, the statement “the firste the laste, and the laste the firste” can be found.

Is late better than never?

If you say better late than never when someone has done something, you think they should have done it earlier. It’s been a long time coming but better late than never.

What can I say instead of Most importantly?

above all before anything else most of all at the heart of essentially fundamentally mainly mostly primarily principally

What can I use instead of last?

final end remotest twilight extreme utmost aftermost lattermost hindermost uttermost

What’s another way of saying in order to?

to so as to with the aim of in order to achieve so as to achieve for towards in order to obtain toward geared toward

How do you use the word least?

We use the least with a noun to

mean ‘less than all of the others’

. We can leave out the noun when it is obvious: He did the least work of any of us.

What does it mean when someone says at the very least?

—used to indicate the least thing that is true, acceptable, desirable, or certain to happen He wanted to win the race, or at the least, to finish second.It will change your life or, at the very least, teach you something new.At the

very least, she deserves to be heard

.

What does first but not least mean?

used

when you mention the final person or thing in a list

, in order to say that they are equally important. Last but not least, I want to thank my wife Laura for all her help during the campaign. Synonyms and related words.

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