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Meaning of with the best will in the world | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Even with an optimistic and charitable outlook; used to indicate the intractability of a problem.

UK

Equivalents

Français avec la meilleure volonté du monde avec toute la bonne volonté du monde

Examples

“Through the 1980s and 1990s it did not train Persian speakers, and eventually those with language and country experience aged and retired, leaving a gap that, with the best will in the world, will take at least a decade to fill.”

“With the best will in the world, I find it very difficult to explain how these official sources might have been subverted to falsify information, peddle untruths or generally seek to play games with the general public […]”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

with the exception of with the Lord with the manner with the passage of time with the passing of time with the skin of one's teeth