far away

See also: faraway and far-away

English

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Adjective

far away (not generally comparable, comparative more far away, superlative most far away)

1. Alternative form of faraway.

Adverb

far away (comparative further away or farther away, superlative furthest away or farthest away)

1. To or at a great distance.

   Synonyms: far off, distantly, (literary) afar

   She lived far away, in a distant land.

   • 1971, Gordon A. Bennett, Ronald N. Montaperto, “Prologue: Life Before the Cultural Revolution”, in Red Guard: The Political Biography of Dai Hsiao-ai‎^[1], Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, published 1980, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 5:

     Most positions of leadership were in the hands of Hakkas and students from Shant’ou, since they were farthest away from home and consequently most willing to devote time to school activities.

Derived terms

• faraway

Translations

to or at a great distance

• Azerbaijani: uzaq (az), uzaqda (az), iraqda, iraq, uzaqlarda
• Bashkir: алыҫ (alıś), йыраҡ (yıraq)
• Bulgarian: далече (bg) (daleče)
• Czech:

  Old Czech: daleko

• Dutch: ver weg
• Esperanto: fore, malproksime
• Finnish: kaukana (fi) (at), kauas (fi) (to)
• French: au loin (fr)
• Galician: lonxe (gl)
• Georgian: შორს (šors)
• German: weit weg
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: πόρρω (pórrhō), τῆλε (têle)

• Ingrian: etähääl (location), etähittee, etähälle, kavvaks (direction)
• Italian: in lontananza
• Latin: procul (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: langt borte, langt vekk

• Ojibwe: waasaw-
• Polish: hen (pl)
• Portuguese: ao longe (pt)
• Sanskrit: दविष्ठम् (daviṣṭham)
• Scottish Gaelic: fad air falbh, fad às
• Spanish: a lo lejos
• Swedish: långt borta (sv)

See also

• far and away