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Definition of At best
1. Adverb. Under the best of conditions. "At best we'll lose only the money"
Definition of At best
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) In the most favorable of conditions; at the most. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of At Best
Literary usage of At best
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1887)
"... as the fruit on them is small at best. It is important in pruning to select
buds on the upper side of limbs, as they will have a greater weight-bearing ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"As these were at best similar to the Type, already declared heretical, it was
unavoidable that they should be condemned. The fifth council had set the ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Or, at best, if we examine well, it is the marching of that gouty Patient whom
his Doctors had clapt on a metal floor artificially heated to the ..."
4. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1819)
"... the melody of a Hexameter line would be destroyed, or at best be much inferior
to what it is when properly pronounced.* These feet must be confined to ..."
5. Industrial Democracy by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1897)
"consequence is that the Trade Union scales of contributions and benefits do not
rest on any actuarial basis, and represent, at best, the empirical ..."
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