at most

Definitions

At the most; at a maximum or upper limit.

Equivalents

Examples

“There weren't so many people at the concert — 40 at most.”

“To declare⟳ this a little, vve muſt aſſume, that the Surfaces of all ſuch Bodies, […] are exactly ſmooth only in a popular, or at moſt in a Phyſical ſenſe, but not in a ſtrict and rigid ſenſe.”

“He is at moſt a confuſed and wild Chriſtian, not ſpecialized by any form⟳, but capable of all.”

“The segment advises the reader matter-of-factly that “the penis [of a whale] should be tucked inside the body and when needed enlarged into an erection”. At the very least, the statement sounds odd. At most, it could make⟳ human penis owners consider⟳ that their equipment might not represent⟳ the highest evolutionary ideal.”

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