by far

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

by far

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

   Paris is by far the largest city in France.

Synonyms

• all day, by a long chalk, by a long shot, by a wide margin, by some distance, far and away, by a long way, by far and away

Translations

to a large extent

• Catalan: de molt
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: zdaleka (cs)
• Dutch: verreweg (nl), lang (nl) (with negation)
• Faroese: nógv, so nógv
• Finnish: ylivoimaisesti (fi), selvästi (fi)
• French: de loin (fr), loin s’en faut (fr), tant s’en faut (fr)
• German: mit Abstand (de), bei Weitem, weitaus (de)
• Greek: κατά πολύ (katá polý), μακράν (el) (makrán)

  Ancient: (Epic) ὄχα (ókha)

• Icelandic: lang-, langsamlega
• Italian: di gran lunga
• Polish: zdecydowanie (pl)
• Portuguese: de longe, disparado (pt)
• Romanian: de departe
• Russian: несомне́нно (ru) (nesomnénno)
• Spanish: de lejos, con creces, con mucho, por mucho, con diferencia, por mucho margen, por amplio margen, lejos (es) (Arg.)
• Swedish: med marginal (sv), i särklass (sv)
• Turkish: açık ara
• Ukrainian: безсумні́вно (uk) (bezsumnívno), без су́мніву (bez súmnivu), на сього́дні (na sʹohódni), на да́ний моме́нт (na dányj momént)

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• Fabry, barfy, farby