whit
 whit/wɪt/ noun
[date : 1400-1500; Origin : wight 'creature, thing, bit' (11-19 centuries), from Old English wiht]
not a whit old-fashioned not at all:
▪ Sara had not changed a whit.
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An impending thirtieth birthday and a two and a half year-old daughter called Sophie haven't turned her fashion tastes one whit.
▪ And, remarkably, it changed her personality not one whit.
▪ But he conducts himself in all situations with a dignity not one whit lessened by his shortness.
▪ I know that his intervention was well meant and had not a whit of political mischief about it.
▪ This lack of technical wizardry does not seem to make a whit of difference in their lives.
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