/mjø/
comparative degree of bien; better; superlative degree of bien; best; more, -er.
“Il va mieux que jamais.” — He's doing better than ever.
Synonyms: plus
Inherited from Middle French mieulx, from Old French mielz, mialz, miels, from Latin melius.
the best of one's ability, one's best
“À ces sottises, il en ajoutait cent autres, toutes à la manière de celles que ses livres lui avaient apprises, imitant de son mieux leur langage.” — To these foolish sayings, he added a hundred others, all in the manner of those that his books had taught him, imitating to the best of his ability their language.
Related: à qui mieux mieux, au mieux, de mieux en mieux, deux avis valent mieux qu'un, faire de son mieux, faire mieux de, faute de mieux, le mieux est l'ennemi du bien, mieux que rien, mieux vaut prévenir que guérir
Inherited from Middle French mieulx, from Old French mielz, mialz, miels, from Latin melius.