smallest degree

“Upon my honour,” said he very seriously, “it does not. It is not in the smallest degree connected with any human being of the name of Knightley.”

His ostensible reason, however, was to ask whether Mr. Woodhouse’s party could be made up in the evening without him, or whether he should be in the smallest degree necessary at Hartfield.

So you speak in a way that leaves room for charity, for even the smallest degree of uncertainty.

"But for some individuals, even if they have even the smallest degree of negative spirituality -- basically, when individuals believe they're ill because they've done something wrong and God is punishing them -- their health is worse," he added.

“A lot of men don’t want to do business with women and set us up for failure by picking apart everything to the smallest degree and another contractor gets away with sloppy work because he’s been around for years.”