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by far

by far prepositional phrase: to a considerably large extent, easily.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) To a considerably large extent, easily.
    • Paris is by far the largest city in France.
    • These are by far the most impressive narrow-gauge engines in Greece.1953 October, A. Trevor Hodge, “On the Narrow Gauge in the Peloponnesus”, in Railway Magazine, page 669

by far meaning in Malayalam

by far in Malayalam

by a good deal, by a great amount, by a long way
ഏറെ, വളരെയേറെ, വളരെക്കൂടുതലായി, കൂടിയ തോതിൽ, വലിയ അളവിൽ, അത്യധികം

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Questions about by far

What does by far mean?
By far means to a considerably large extent, easily.
What is by far in Malayalam?
By far in Malayalam is ഏറെ, വളരെയേറെ, വളരെക്കൂടുതലായി. See By far meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is by far?
By far is a prepositional phrase.

Words near by far in the dictionary

  1. by ear
  2. by extension
  3. by eye
  4. by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail
  5. by fair means or foul
  6. by far
  7. by far and away
  8. by foot
  9. by gad
  10. by gannies
  11. by gar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: by far (page history and authors); by far (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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