- (superl.) To the most advantage; with the most success, case, profit, benefit or propriety.
- (a.) Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
- (superl.) In the highest degree; beyond all others.
- (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.
- (a.) Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.
- (v.t.) To get the better of.
- (a.) Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.
- (n.) Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing or being or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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