Definition of By far

1. Adverb. By a considerable margin. "It was far and away the best meal he had ever eaten"

Exact synonyms: Far And Away, Out And Away

Definition of By far

1. Adverb. (idiomatic) To a considerably large extent, easily. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of By Far

by any chance
by any means
by artificial means
by chance
by choice
by choice(p)
by committee
by default
by definition
by degrees
by design
by dint of
by ear
by election
by experimentation
by far (current term)
by fits and starts
by foot
by golly
by gum
by gummy
by hand
by heart
by hook or by crook
by inches
by jingo
by luck
by machine
by means of
by memory

Literary usage of By far

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"CHAPTER IX. fie compares the Platonist teaching concerning the Word, with the Christian doctrine, which latter he finds by far more excellent. ..."

2. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"woro a marítimo people, and had by far the most powerful navy. 13. Having then mado their attacks during that day ami part of the fallowing, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... which are remotely related to the living genus Sphenodon. This is also by far the most thorough résumé of the literature relating to the order termed ..."

4. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"... conducting liquids, insulation was destroyed, and no static effects at the terminal, or very feeble ones, were perceptible. This result, by far the most ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Unfortunately, however, by far the greater part of this priceless work has perished. What has come down is in the form of fragments preserved principally by ..."

6. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1905)
"If the whole can be judged by a part, Mr. Paul's completed work will coo »laufe- by far the beat survey that has yet been made of the history of England ..."

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