Best
Best adjective - (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities.
How words are described
| good | good best | good dear |
Both words in one sentence
- Loved I Not Honor More: Hector, when his wife Andromache begs him not to fight: "Life every man holds dear, but the brave man Holds honor far more precious-dear than life." Love Triangle The Matchmaker: Pandarus tries his best to be one between Troilus and Cressida.
Source: Theatre / Troilus and Cressida -
They will only bury his body.Be of good cheer, then, my dear Crito, and say that you are burying my body only, and do with that whatever is usual, and what you think best.
Source: Creator / Plato -
Be of good cheer, then, my dear Crito, and say that you are burying my body only, and do with that whatever is usual, and what you think best.
Source: Due to the Dead
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