at best
used to emphasize that something is not very good, pleasant, honest even if you consider it in the best possible way

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at one's best
ON TOP FORM, at one's peak, in one's prime, in the pink, in the best of health

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at best
at (your) best
showing your most positive characteristics.
It was kind of a bad day for me and I wasn't at my best.

in the most satisfactory conditions.
This truce could last only a short time at best and, at worst, would fall apart in a week.

Opposite of: at worst

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at best
as the best one can say, in the best view
The doctors told the man that he had ten months at best to live.

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at one's best
prep. phr. In best form; displaying one's best qualities.
Tim is at his best when he has had a long swim before a ballgame.
Jane rested before the important meeting because she wanted to be at her best.

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