by a long shot

Speech parts

1. by a long shot - Adverb

2. by a long shot - Phrase

Meaning

by a great deal

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Synonyms

much far easily greatly definitely indubitably considerably by far undoubtedly immeasurably appreciably far and away out and away by a long chalk in every way

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Antonyms

little slightly merely barely hardly moderately

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Examples

he is the best by a long shot Source: Internet

his labors haven't ended there--not by a long shot Source: Internet

But it seems more likely than not that the original movies would blow any forthcoming remake out of the water by a long shot. Source: Internet

If Keeping Up With the Kardashian's star Kanye West, by a long shot, made it to the oval office, Kim Kardashian may be a pretty great First Lady. Source: Internet

And Lorin Stein noted that The Savage Detectives surpassed our expectations by a long shot. Source: Internet

And there is not enough data for a serious analysis, not by a long shot. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

by a long shot

Close letter words and terms

by a large margin by a little bit by a long chalk by a long way by a lot by a lucky accident