Definitions

by far

ADVERB

easily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actually certainly clearly definitely probably really surely

WEAK

absolutely almost certainly assuredly beyond question decidedly doubtless doubtlessly far and away indeed indisputably indubitably no doubt plainly positively truly undeniably undoubtedly unequivocally unquestionably

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully dubiously indefinitely questionably

WEAK

difficultly doubtedly dubitably

ADVERB

far and away

Synonyms

WEAK

by a great deal far and wide to the highest degree without doubt

Example Sentences

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“While we have faced disruptions in the past, this one by far is the biggest crisis the region’s oil-and-gas industry has faced,” said Amin Nasser, Saudi Aramco’s chief executive, on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal

“While we have faced disruptions in the past,” he said, “this one by far is the biggest crisis the region’s oil and gas industry has faced.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“While we have faced disruptions in the past, this one by far is the biggest crisis the region’s oil and gas industry has faced.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But almost two-thirds of homes in Northern Ireland use oil for heating, by far the highest proportion among UK nations.

From BBC

“We are looking at what is by far the biggest disruption in world history in terms of daily oil production,” said energy historian Daniel Yergin.

From The Wall Street Journal

by far

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