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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There are good to very good players sprinkled around the team, but the collective is decidedly average, at best, in the rarefied air of a World Cup.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

But they have something else in common: They are all paid sponsorships, either undisclosed as such or, at best, barely labeled in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it manner.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2026

“We’re here on what I would call a hunch or, at best, a suspicion,” said Brian Perkins, an attorney representing multiple victims in the case.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

“When you see certain sectors go linear or even parabolic, that’s at best unpredictable, at worst extraordinarily dangerous,” said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

Their relationship was professionally tolerant at best and a bitter rivalry at its worst.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

at best

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