English-French translations for by far

• de loin
  L'UE est de loin le principal donateur. The EU is by far the biggest donor.
  Elle est, de loin, le plus grand bailleur de fonds de l’Afrique. It is, by far, the biggest donor to Africa.
  Elle est de loin la plus importante. It is by far the most important thing we can do.
• loin s'en faut
  C'était regrettable, car les problèmes que la directive aborde n'avaient pas disparu, loin s'en faut, en cette période d'élargissement de l'Union. That was a shame, since the problems that the directive tackles had not disappeared by far - on the contrary, in the period of enlargement of the EU.
• loin s’en faut
• tant s'en faut

Definition of by far

• To a considerably large extent, easily

Examples

• Paris is by far the largest city in France.

Related words

• Churton by Farndon
• Crewe by Farndon
• Hornby with Farleton
• little by little you get far