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Definition of By far
1. Adverb. By a considerable margin. "It was far and away the best meal he had ever eaten"
Definition of By far
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) To a considerably large extent, easily. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of By Far
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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