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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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And yet the scientific consensus for precisely how it works remains shaky at best.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

That change would likely be cosmetic at best.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The record of the very largest IPOs is spotty at best.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Won’t it be teeth-grindingly annoying, at best, if more people start parading their green virtues?

From Slate • May 15, 2026

Seldom is any mention made of an operation which is non- associative, so the definition seems unnecessary at best.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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