At best
At best adverb - Under the best of conditions.
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Not entirely and at best are semantically related in not completely topic. In some cases you can use "Not entirely" instead an adverb phrase "At best".
Not entirely
At best and not entirely are semantically related in not completely topic. You can use "At best" instead an adverb phrase "Not entirely".
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Related pairs
- somewhat and at best
- somewhat and not entirely
- partially and at best
- partially and not entirely
- in part and at best
- in part and not entirely
- relatively and at best
- relatively and not entirely
- at least and at best
- at least and not entirely
- at most and at best
- at most and not entirely
- little by little and at best
- little by little and not entirely
Both terms in one sentence
- Expect fiction to portray the Soviets at best as heroic but not entirely trustworthy allies and conniving and treasonous enemies-in-all-but-name at worst.
Source: Useful Notes / Cold War - It's not entirely as glowing a homage to the city as the title would have you believe; a close listen to the lyrics will reveal that Newman has mixed feelings about his home city at best.
Source: Hollywood California - Considering that socialism harshly shuns organized religion for propagating class differences (not entirely untrue in Marx's time), the depiction of religion in media was minuscule at best.
Source: Useful Notes / Atheism
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