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bestness

bestness

8.7
A state of being the most excellent or of very high quality
  • noun
  • /ˈbɛstnəs/
translation icon : excelencia
  • Practitioners must judge the available evidence for "bestness"—scientific strength and relevance to their question.

I'm going to find I'm going to find some enjoyment or some fill in the blank that brings some bestness to it.

Examples

  • The committee recognized the bestness of her proposal during the evaluation process.

  • His "bestness" allowed him to embrace all of his grief.

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  • Next Thursday at noon, I will be talking about your "bestness" at onehealth.com in my series on bringing the bounce back into your life.

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  • I agree that spending time with anyone (human, canine, feline, or otherwise) who brings out your bestness is the name of the game!

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  • Her achievements reflect her true bestness in the field of science.

  • Everyone admired the bestness of his work, which set a new standard in the industry.

Synonyms

excellence
vsbestness
150 3.2

Very high quality or skill that makes one stand out

is the state of being the single highest quality
excellency
vsbestness
2 7.0

A very good quality that people or things can have

is the general state of having the highest overall quality
wonderfulness
vsbestness
2 4.8

A quality that makes you feel amazed and happy

is the neutral state of being the single highest quality without emotion
optimality
vsbestness
1 7.2

A condition when something works best for a task

is a general state of being the single highest across contexts
fineness
vsbestness
1 4.9

High quality that makes something very good

is the single highest overall quality rather than mere refinement
ne plus ultra
vsbestness
  • Formal
1 9.9

The best or most perfect example of something

is the general state of being the single highest quality not a single example
first-rateness
vsbestness
  • Neologism
8.3

A quality of being very good and better than most

is the absolute condition of being the single highest
choiceness
vsbestness
8.4

A quality of being very high and chosen with care

represents the single highest quality rather than a selected high quality
marvelousness
vsbestness
  • US
4.5

A quality that makes something seem very good and impressive

is the neutral state of being the single highest quality rather than emotional awe
incomparability
vsbestness
9.6

Being much better than anything else

is the state of being the single highest but still comparable to others

Antonyms

17 5.1

A state of being lower than others in ability, status or value

1.2

To the greatest degree in a bad way

Surface Forms

bestness singular
bestnesses plural

Morphology

bestness = best (transparent) = best + ness

A straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'best' forming 'the state or quality of being the best'.

Etymology

Bestness comes from the simple word best, meaning 'most good' or 'most excellent', plus the ending -ness, which turns a word into a name for a 'state' or 'quality'. So bestness means the 'state of being the best', which is why we use it to talk about how excellent something is.