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BY FAR
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
By a considerable margin
Example:
it was far and away the best meal he had ever eaten
Synonyms:
by far; far and away; out and away
Classified under:
Context examples:
Yes, sighed Anne, we shall, indeed, be known to be related to them! then recollecting herself, and not wishing to be answered, she added, I certainly do think there has been by far too much trouble taken to procure the acquaintance.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
At 6 weeks after birth, in breastfed babies, Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis was by far the most abundant bacterium overall as well as being the most abundant member of the Bifidobacterium genus, followed distantly by Bifidobacterium breve and Bifidobacterium biifdum.
(Gut Bacteria from Breastfeeding Linked to Improved Infant Response to Vaccines, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
She was just eighteen, two years older than me, and by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
