Definitions

at best

ADVERB

partly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

at least partially slightly somewhat

WEAK

at most at worst bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway in a general way in bits and pieces in part in some measure in some ways inadequately incompletely insufficiently little by little measurably not entirely not fully not strictly speaking not wholly notably noticeably piece by piece piecemeal relatively so far as possible to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point within limits

Antonyms

WEAK

completely totally wholly

Example Sentences

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MCC Laws manager Fraser Stewart said the move comes following considerable time testing the bats in conjunction with manufacturers and any performance advantage from Type D bats will be "marginal at best".

From BBC

The dollar’s position both reflects and influences policy—chaotic at best at the moment—and can affect asset-allocation decisions.

From Barron's

They might simply be scooping up gold expecting that worried central banks will intensify their buying at a still-higher price, but at best that’s a hope.

From The Wall Street Journal

She barely appears alongside her husband, and when she does, her body language often reads as reluctant at best, contemptuous at worst.

From Salon

Plenty of evidence suggests that exchange-rate swings produce at best very short-term shifts in economic activity—before domestic inflation and deflation offset the effects.

From The Wall Street Journal

at best

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