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so far as possible

ADVERB
partly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
at least partially slightly somewhat
WEAK
at best at most at worst bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway in a general way in bits and pieces in part in some measure in some ways inadequately incompletely insufficiently little by little measurably not entirely not fully not strictly speaking not wholly notably noticeably piece by piece piecemeal relatively to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point within limits
Antonyms
WEAK
completely totally wholly

Example Sentences

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The laws of war seek, so far as possible, to minimize these excesses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

I start by believing both women and men, then trying to gather whatever facts are available to determine the truth, so far as possible.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2018

Nobody ever said genius came in neat, rational packages, but the man should have his will from 2000 carried out in so far as possible.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2014

I have followed, so far as possible, the same criteria: basically, the impact of the individual writer, or her book, on literary history.

From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2013

“Each process,” explained the Human Element Manager, “is carried out, so far as possible, by a single Boka- novsky Group.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley