By far and Rather

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By far

By far adverb - By a considerable margin.
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Rather and by far are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rather" instead an adverb phrase "By far".

Rather

Rather adverb - By choice or preference.
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By far and rather are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "By far" instead an adverb "Rather".

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  • Theatre / The Drowsy Chaperone The biggest by far is the rather funny scene where Drowsy is telling Janet to "L-ve while you can." While Man In Chair's accompanying monologue has some funny lines, it is on the whole rather sad.
    Source: Theatre / The Drowsy Chaperone
  • Out-of-Genre Experience Hercules and Xena did this rather frequently, with the latter being by far the worse offender.
    Source: Out-of-Genre Experience
  • Manga / Omamori Himari Lizlet is by far not the only rather strong girl in this series, but being sliced and stabbed and just complaining about the ruined clothes?
    Source: Manga / Omamori Himari
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