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Definition of At the best
1. Adverb. Under the best of conditions. "At best we'll lose only the money"
Lexicographical Neighbors of At The Best
Literary usage of At the best
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grandduchy of Luxembourg: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1901)
"... always prudent, even at the best hotels, to enquire the prices in advance and
to stipulate that the charge for a bedroom includes light and attendance. ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"It U impossible at oace to arrive at the best possible ways of accomplishing the
great objects .... at the best ..."
3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1816)
"Here we are then at the best moment of the best constitution that ever' human
wisdom framed. What follows? A time of oppression and misery, ..."
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