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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The ceasefire, which has been in place since October last year, is already fragile at best.

From BBC

At current world oil prices hovering around $60 per barrel or less, large investments in the Venezuelan oil fields would be marginally profitable at best.

From Los Angeles Times

The explanations offered to him and his entourage were, at best, ambiguous.

From BBC

Labour's Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, who was interviewed on the same programme, said Lord Mandelson had shown "at best, deep naivety" in his remarks.

From BBC

“It’s got to be a C-minus, at best, to date,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

at best

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