Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

by far

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.47 in modern English

Syllables
by -far
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

To a considerably large extent, easily.

Example Sentences

Synonyms

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

Questions

What does by far mean?
To a considerably large extent, easily.

How to pronounce by far

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