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[ adverb ] under the best of conditions

Synonyms

at_the_best

Examples

"at best we'll lose only the money"

Used in print

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

The house has been swept so clean that contemporary man has been left with no means , or at_best with wholly inadequate means , for dealing with his experience of spirit .

(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)

I cannot make sense out of the figures for post maturity growth ; at_best the annual increase appears to be a matter of inches rather_than feet .

Related terms

at_worst

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