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Definition of Level best
1. Noun. The greatest possible degree. "He tried his utmost"
Generic synonyms: Bound, Boundary, Limit
Derivative terms: Maximise, Maximise, Maximize, Maximize, Utmost, Utmost, Uttermost
Definition of Level best
1. Noun. (idiomatic) The very best that one can do ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Level Best
Literary usage of Level best
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pushing to the Front: Or, Success Under Difficulties; a Book of Inspiration by Orison Swett Marden (1894)
"There is something grand and inspiring in a young man who fails squarely after
doing his level best, and vhen enters the contest again and again with ..."
2. The Congregational Quarterly by American Congregational Union, Joseph Sylvester Clark, American Congregational Association, Henry Martyn Dexter, Alonzo Hall Quint, Isaac Pendleton Langworthy, Christopher Cushing, Samuel Burnham (1873)
"His level best, and Other Stories," is a collection of stories by Edward Everett
Hale, and this is equivalent to saying that it is a book to be read and ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"level best, one's. The best one can do. 1851 We put our horses out at their ...
1869 How comes it that the friends of FA Marcy did their level best.... to ..."
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