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Under the most favorable circumstances, as in At best we'll be just one week behind schedule , or Cleaning out the attic is a tedious job at best . This idiom, formerly also put as at the best , today is most often used in situations that are actually far from ideal, as in the examples above. [First half of 1300s] For an antonym, see at worst .Advertisement
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