by a long shot

ADVERB
  1. by a great deal
    his labors haven't ended there--not by a long shot
    he is the best by a long shot
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How To Use by a long shot In A Sentence

  • They also have the most topping I have ever seen, by a long shot - the poppy and sesame seeds are in a thick layer, the multigrain always sheds oats, and the cheese and onion (available fresh on Saturdays) is savoury and rich.
  • I'm no prude by a long shot, but the term pimp when used in the context of 'improving' something really needs to go. Valentine's Day Fun - SpouseBUZZ
  • The missile-reduction treaty makes sweeping cuts, but the arms race isn't over by a long shot.
  • You want to duck your head and get down out of it, and Lord it tires you so -- aviation isn't all "brilliant risks" and "daring dives" and that kind of blankety-blank circus business, not by a long shot it ain't, lots of it is just sticking there and bucking the wind like a taxi driver speeding for a train in a storm. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life
  • What they have done on this score may not be enough by a long shot for some people, but I sincerely doubt that any-one reading about the scale and reality of the Gulags can make a fair comparison to an American prison.
  • I'm not computer-literate, by a long shot, but I know people who are, and they tell me that the computers used to count the votes are just as subject to being hacked as any others.
  • The missile-reduction treaty makes sweeping cuts, but the arms race isn't over by a long shot.
  • he is the best by a long shot
  • He is not a scholar by a long shot.
  • Now, the little shitzu is the smallest of the three dogs by a long shot. CNN Transcript Feb 17, 2008
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