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By far   /baɪ fɑr/   Listen
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Far  adj.  (farther and farthest are used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest)  
1.
Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent. "They said,... We be come from a far country." "The nations far and near contend in choice."
2.
Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty.
3.
Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated. "They that are far from thee ahsll perish."
4.
Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character. "He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther."
5.
The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts. Note: The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial use of far is sometimes not easily discriminated.
By far, by much; by a great difference.
Far between, with a long distance (of space or time) between; at long intervals. "The examinations are few and far between."





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"By far" Quotes from Famous Books



... the business and the paper-mill; he was by far the cleverer man of business of the two. Jean showed no small ability in the conduct of the printing establishment, but in intellectual capacity he might be said to take colonel's rank, while Boniface was a general. Jean left the ...
— Lost Illusions • Honore De Balzac
... heard this question, they all hastened to stealthily give a nudge to Pao-yue, with the express purpose of inducing him to say it was nice; but Pao-yue gave no ear to what they all urged. "It's by far below the spot," he readily replied, "designated 'a ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin
... remind the spectators that there had been an Orpheus. There were flutes of the Doric and of the Phrygian mode, and—let us forget not—the Tyrrhenian trumpet, with its brazen-cleft pavilion. But by far the greater part of his musical relics he had acquired during his stay in Italy. He could show the litui with their carved clarions—the twisted cornua—the tuba, a trumpet so long and taper,—the concha wound ...
— A Love Story • A Bushman
... not as bad as that," said Chauncey. "The fellows don't mean any harm, only young Frank is such a whiz and even that green little sprout of a Jardin flew like a swallow. And here is Bill, by far the best of the three, won't go off the ground but just shakes his head and grins if you ...
— Battling the Clouds - or, For a Comrade's Honor • Captain Frank Cobb
... prevented the inhabitants from joining the insurrection, even where they received Riego with kindness and supplied the wants of his soldiers. During week after week the little column traversed the country, now cut off from retreat, exhausted by forced marches in drenching rain, and harassed by far stronger forces sent in pursuit. The last town that Riego entered was Cordova. The enemy was close behind him. No halt was possible. He led his band, now numbering only two hundred men, into the mountains, and there bade ...
— History of Modern Europe 1792-1878 • C. A. Fyffe


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