IN SO FAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in so far mean? 

• IN SO FAR (adverb)
  The adverb IN SO FAR has 1 sense:

1. to the degree or extent that

  Familiarity information: IN SO FAR used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN SO FAR (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To the degree or extent that

Synonyms:

in so far; insofar; so far; to that degree; to that extent

Context example:

so far as it is reasonably practical he should practice restraint

 Context examples 

And in so far I was doubtless right.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

It may not fan sufficiently to make the desire overmastering, but in so far as it fans at all, that far is it temptation.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He had lived life, and seen things, and performed that prodigy of prodigies, namely, the turning of his back upon his own people, and, in so far as it was possible for an Indian, becoming a white man even in his mental processes.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

It was all well enough in the Southland, under the law of love and fellowship, to respect private property and personal feelings; but in the Northland, under the law of club and fang, whoso took such things into account was a fool, and in so far as he observed them he would fail to prosper.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Oofty-Oofty had been the only one whose lines were at all pleasing, while, in so far as they pleased, that far had they been what I should call feminine.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)