still less


still less

conjunction

Definition of STILL LESS

: much less, let alone <no living person … seemed to notice him, still less to expect him — Thomas Hardy>

Examples of STILL LESS

  1. <I never suggested that he was incompetent, still less that he was dishonest.>

First Known Use of STILL LESS

1721

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