verreweg

Etymology
, an earlier spelling reflecting its original, literal meaning of "far away" (see and ). The current meaning "by far" is attested as early as the late fifteenth century, as. The word verre by itself (and indeed the secondary form ) could also mean "by far" until as late as the nineteenth century.

Today, the word may be interpreted as ; as a matter of fact, the suffix is thought to derive from words formed by analogy with verreweg.

Adverb

 * 1) by far