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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That could include mortgage rate subsidies, though similar moves trotted out in cities like Wuhan and Changchun indicate that this would lead to only a limited sales boost at best, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal

And Achillia’s arc captures all that, dropping her into a den of desperate and egocentric men who, at best, want nothing to do with her.

From Salon

He can be seen in several photos but his inclusion is minimal at best.

From BBC

But the idea that banks ought not to conduct commerce is at best only a partial explanation of crises gone by.

From Barron's

The “real, factual data” that underpinned Leavitt’s statement was specious at best.

From Salon

at best

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