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Answer for the clue "Under most favourable circumstances, second grade in an exam ", 7 letters:
at best

Word definitions for at best in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Best \Best\, 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. At best , in the utmost degree or extent applicable to the case; under the most favorable circumstances; ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adv. under the best of conditions; "at best we'll lose only the money" [syn: at the best ] [ant: at worst ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
prep.phr. (context idiomatic English) In the most favorable of conditions; at the most.

Usage examples of at best.

Progress has been snail-paced at best, and expectations have declined accordingly.

But periodic flares of the primary bathe the planet in such intense hard radiation that life there is marginal, at best.