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Even; suggests a minimum, especially regarding what might be expected. quotations examples
“Well, she seems to have lost all interest in the horses. For a week now she has driven past the stables with never so much as ‘good morning’!”
1927 March 5, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”, in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, London: John Murray, […], published June 1927 (May 1952 printing), page 280
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