by far en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To a considerably large extent, easily.
Paris is by far the largest city in France.
These are by far the most impressive narrow-gauge engines in Greece.
1953 October, A. Trevor Hodge, “On the Narrow Gauge in the Peloponnesus”, in Railway Magazine, page 669:Wouldn't it be nobler by far to fight the good fight with all the weapons available: a firm bass voice, a wagging finger, the Bible?
2001 June 10, Walter Kim, “What Do You Tell The Kids?”, in TIME, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016, retrieved 16 Jul 2014:
Synonyms
by a long chalk · by some distance · by a wide margin · by far and away · far and away · all day · by a long way · by a long shot
Translations (43)
it di gran lunga (to a large extent) · de weitaus (to a large extent) · ro de departe (to a large extent) · pl zdecydowanie (to a large extent) · es de lejos (to a large extent) · fr tant s'en faut (to a large extent) · ca de molt (to a large extent) · pt disparado (to a large extent) · cmn 遠遠地 /远远地 (to a large extent) · uk без су́мніву (to a large extent) · fi ylivoimaisesti (to a large extent) · es con creces (to a large extent) · tr açık ara (to a large extent) · es con diferencia (to a large extent) · el μακράν (to a large extent) · es por mucho margen (to a large extent) · es por amplio margen (to a large extent) · es lejos (Arg.) (to a large extent) · el κατά πολύ (to a large extent) · ru несомне́нно (to a large extent) · fr de loin (to a large extent) · es por mucho (to a large extent) · fi selvästi (to a large extent) · fo nógv (to a large extent) · nl verreweg (to a large extent) · es con mucho (to a large extent) · is langsamlega (to a large extent) · fr loin s'en faut (to a large extent) · cy o lawer (to a large extent) · sv med marginal (to a large extent) · sv i särklass (to a large extent) · uk на сього́дні (to a large extent) · fo so nógv (to a large extent) · cy o bell ffordd (to a large extent) · cs zdaleka (to a large extent) · pt de longe (to a large extent) · de bei Weitem (to a large extent) · is lang- (to a large extent) · de mit Abstand (to a large extent) · nl lang (to a large extent) · uk безсумні́вно (to a large extent) · uk на да́ний моме́нт (to a large extent) · grc ὄχα (to a large extent)