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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.

   • 2001 June 10, Walter Kim, “What Do You Tell The Kids?”, in TIME‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 March 2016, retrieved 16 July 2014:

     Wouldn't it be nobler by far to fight the good fight with all the weapons available: a firm bass voice, a wagging finger, the Bible?

• 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