By far, as in She is by all odds the best player on the team. This idiom uses odds in the sense of "the amount by which one thing excels or exceeds." [Mid-1800s]
by all odds
| Idioms: by all odds |
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The adverb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
without question and beyond doubt
Synonyms: decidedly, unquestionably, emphatically, definitely, in spades
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