少すこしも

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Meanings

Used with a negative predicate to mean 'not even a little'. Stronger than あまり～ない and closer to 全然～ない in everyday speech.

少すこしも〈動どう詞し〉ないnot ~ in the least (with a verb)
彼かれは少すこしも反はん省せいしていない。
He isn't the least bit sorry.
少すこしも〈形けい容よう詞し〉くないnot ~ at all (with an adjective)
この料りょう理りは少すこしも辛からくない。
This dish isn't spicy at all.

全ぜん然ぜんN5
全然～ない is the common casual way to say 'not at all', while 少しも～ない is a bit more emphatic or deliberate-sounding.
全まったくN3
全く～ない is a slightly more formal or literary way to say 'not at all', close in strength to 少しも～ない.
ちっともN4
ちっとも～ない is a very colloquial, often complaining-sounding equivalent of 少しも～ない.
露つゆN1
少しも...ない is the everyday way to say 'not at all', while 露...ない is a literary, old-fashioned equivalent.

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夢ゆめにも
少しも is a general negative adverb meaning 'not at all', while 夢にも adds a stronger nuance of something being utterly unimaginable or beyond one's wildest dreams.
微み塵じんN1
少しも〜ない means 'not even a little' in plain speech, whereas 微塵も〜ない is more literary and forceful, evoking 'not even a speck' of the thing.
一いっ向こうにN2
少しも pairs with a negative to mean 'not even a little', much like 一向に, but 少しも is more neutral in register and lacks the nuance of 'no progress at all'.
一いっ切さいN2
少しも emphasizes 'not even a little' and is softer than 一切, which flatly denies any exception at all.
何なんともN2
少しも emphasizes 'not even a little' in a straightforward way, whereas 何とも in negative sentences often implies 'nothing worth mentioning'.
何なに一ひとつ
少しも negates a small amount or degree ('not even a little'), whereas 何一つ negates a count of distinct items ('not a single thing').
決けっしてN4
少しも emphasizes 'not even a little' with a negative, whereas 決して stresses a firm denial or prohibition ('never, under any circumstances').
何なんらN1
少しも is a more colloquial way to say '(not) at all' with negatives, while 何ら is more formal and emphatic.

余あまりN5
あまり～ない means 'not very/much', a weaker degree than 少しも～ない, which means 'not at all'.

Compound of 少し (a little) + も (inclusive particle). The combination with a negative predicate yields 'not even a little'.