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Definition of At worst
1. Adverb. Under the worst of conditions. "At worst we'll go to jail"
Definition of At worst
1. Adverb. In the worst possible alternative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of At Worst
Literary usage of At worst
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"WELL, well, at worst, Ч is neither theft nor Granting I knew all that yon charge
me with. What tho' the tomb hath borne a second birth And given the wealth ..."
2. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong by Alfred Ayres (1882)
"We should say at the worst, not at worst, Wove. The past participle of the verb
to weave is woven. " Where was this cloth woven ? " not wove. ..."
3. Fur Seal Arbitration: Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration, Convened by Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration (1895)
"... found iii the character of the crime which is but robbery and murder at worst,
... at worst ..."
4. Biographia Borealis: Or, Lives of Distinguished Northerns by Hartley Coleridge (1833)
"... but by that which he imported; even his expensive architecture was, at worst,
a magnificent offence, which the public might enjoy without paying for it; ..."
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