- a very small amount synonym jot
- She hadn't changed a whit since I'd seen her last.
Word Originlate Middle English: apparently an alteration of obsolete wight ‘small amount’.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See whit in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarynot a whit | not one whit
- not at all; not the smallest amount
- The result should surprise us not one whit.
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