at best

Speech parts

1. at best - Adverb

2. at best - Phrase

Meaning

under the best of conditions

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Synonyms

at the best only just simply merely ideally at most at the most not more than at the very best in the best of cases at the very outside in the best case scenario in the best of circumstances if it goes well

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Antonyms

at worst at the worst in the worst case scenario in the worst case under the most unfavourable conditions at the very worst

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Examples

at best we'll lose only the money Source: Internet

Although we have a number of counties that mandate mask usage, compliance with those health orders is often spotty at best. Source: Internet

Although the "self-important rhetoric and whines of persecution" on the part of cyberpunk fans were irritating at worst and humorous at best, Brin declares that the "rebels did shake things up. Source: Internet

Although acknowledging Bergson's literary skills, Russell saw Bergson's arguments at best as persuasive or emotive speculation but not at all as any worthwhile example of sound reasoning or philosophical insight. Source: Internet

Any tie to the Herman Melville epic novel referenced in the title is tenuous at best, but the array of characters and conflicts described herein ensure that a certain theatricality remains intact. Source: Internet

And based on what he tells these three sons at the end of his life when he is blessing the others, these questions remained unresolved – at best. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

at best

Close letter words and terms

at beck and call at beginning at below cost at birth at boarding school at boiling point