Synonyms offar 1 :at or to a considerable distance in space wanderedfarfrom home 2 a :to a great extent:much farbetter methods b :by a broad interval:widely thefardistant future 3 :to or at a definite distance, point, or degree ...
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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishby far/far and awayused to say that something is muchbetter,worseetc than anything elseWatching sport was by far the most popular activity on Saturday afternoons.Spring is far and away the best time to visit the islands.→farExamples from the Corpus...
by far, by a great deal; very much: too expensive by far. plainly; obviously: This melon is by far the ripest of the lot. far and away,by far;undoubtedly ( def ): She is far and away the smartest one in the class. far and wide,to great lengths; over great distances: Alsofar ...
in spite of something; nevertheless: Although perhaps too elaborate, it seemed like a good plan at that. in addition; besides: It was a long wait, and an exasperating one at that. that is,(by way of explanation, clarification, or an example); more accurately:Alsothat is to say. ...
dot2●○○verb(dotted,dotting)[transitive]1to mark something byputtinga dot on it oraboveitShe never dots her i’s.2[usually passive]if an area is dotted with things, there are a lot of them there but they arespreadfar apartbe dotted with somethingThe lake was dotted with sailboats.be...
Adjective Adverbs of Manner fast fasthard hardlittle littlefar farlow lownear nearearly earlylong longdaily dailyweekly weeklyyearly yearly Adverb-Degree of Comparison Adverbs are often used to make the meaning of a verb or another adverb stronger or weaker. This is known as ‘degrees of comparis...
The exhibition has been developed in collaboration with students from the courses of “Western Art History” and “Art and Cultural Heritage” at the School of Arts of Nanjing University during Spring ’20. Far and foremost, this is a project by and for our...
indiscriminately mingles them in the character of impulse, and he had not yet arrived at the state wherein they become united again, in the character of prejudice, by the influence of a wife and family. In short, he was twenty-eight and a bachelor.”—Far From the Madding Crowdby ...
With hyperbole, both the speaker and the listener know it’s an exaggeration. The goal is to demonstrate how an issue compares to the norm or to other issues by positioning it as wildly outside the norm. Meiosis The reverse of hyperbole, meiosis emphasizes how far outside the norm an issu...