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by far

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

   Paris is by far the largest city in France.

   • 1953 October, A. Trevor Hodge, “On the Narrow Gauge in the Peloponnesus”, in Railway Magazine, page 669:

     These are by far the most impressive narrow-gauge engines in Greece.

• 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

• Fabry, barfy, farby