at best

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[at best] or [at the best] {adv. phr.}

1. Under the best conditions; as the best possibility.

* /A coal miner's job is dirty and dangerous at best./

* /We can't get to New York before ten o'clock at best./

Compare: AT MOST. Contrast: AT WORST. 2. In the most favorable way of looking at something; even saying the best about the thing. * The /treasurer had at best been careless with the club's money, but most people thought he had been dishonest./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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