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AT WORST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does at worst mean?
• AT WORST (adverb)
The adverb AT WORST has 1 sense:
1. under the worst of conditions
Familiarity information: AT WORST used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Under the worst of conditions
Synonyms:
at the worst; at worst
Context example:
at worst we'll go to jail
Antonym:
at best (under the best of conditions)
Context examples
If it be not true, then proof will be relief; at worst it will not harm. If it be true! Ah, there is the dread; yet very dread should help my cause, for in it is some need of belief.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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