at best

English

Alternative forms

• at the best

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

at best

1. In the most favorable of conditions; at the most.
   • 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Steve Bruce's side have swung from highs to lows in what has been at best a wildly inconsistent start to the season. They experienced a microcosm of this within the opening 45 minutes at the Stadium of Light.

Antonyms

• at worst

Translations

in the most favorable of conditions

• Catalan: com a molt, com a màxim
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 充其量 (zh) (chōngqíliàng)

• Czech: přinejlepším
• Esperanto: plejbonokaze
• Finnish: parhaimmillaan
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• French: au mieux (fr)
• German: bestenfalls (de), günstigenfalls
• Japanese: 精々 (せいぜい, seizei)
• Polish: w najlepszym wypadku, w najlepszym razie
• Russian: в лу́чшем слу́чае (ru) (v lúčšem slúčaje)

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