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faraway

adjective
far·​away | \ ˈfär-ə-ˌwā How to pronounce faraway (audio) \

Definition of faraway

1 : lying at a great distance : remote faraway lands
2 : dreamy, abstracted a faraway look in her eyes

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Synonyms & Antonyms for faraway

Synonyms

away, deep, distant, far, far-flung, far-off, remote, removed

Antonyms

close, near, nearby, nigh

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Examples of faraway in a Sentence

My grandfather told us tales of faraway lands. growing up in a seaport instilled in the youth a restless desire to travel to faraway places

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Floating homes rarely leave their permanent moorings, but one houseboat featured on Sausalito’s upcoming Floating Homes Tour is a portal to faraway places. Joan Morris, The Mercury News, "Sausalito houseboat a salute to modern Danish art and Hawaiian wood," 31 Aug. 2019 Various photo and video modes, including night and macro shots, super slow-motion, and an enhanced directional microphone mode for capturing audio from faraway sources give you more ways to capture your day (or evening). Patrick Lucas Austin, Time, "The Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Is the Perfect Phone for Writers, Note-Takers and Scribblers," 30 Aug. 2019 In 1895, the Dreyfus affair saw the young Jewish army captain Alfred Dreyfus condemned as a spy, stripped of his rank and imprisoned on faraway Devil’s Island. Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, "'An Officer and a Spy': Film Review | Venice 2019," 30 Aug. 2019 On the contrary, astronomers often swivel the mirrors of giant telescopes on the ground and in orbit toward the solar system’s outskirts to observe those faraway giants. Shannon Hall, Scientific American, "The Solar System’s Loneliest Planets, Revisited," 22 Aug. 2019 He special-orders ingredients from faraway Kolkata to make the same pizza sauce. Paul Salopek, National Geographic, "Why these workers from India miss wartime Afghanistan," 21 Aug. 2019 With social media and digital recruiting platforms like CollegeReel and InitialView, high school students are able to connect with faraway universities with ease. Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com, "Share of Ohioans enrolled in incoming classes at some state-run colleges has decreased. Why?," 20 Aug. 2019 Christmas greetings over scratchy connections gave way to anxious talk with faraway family members of rent bills and loan payments. Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, "Meet the icebreaker Polar Star, the neglected stepchild of the U.S. military industrial complex," 17 Aug. 2019 That weapon, known as the Burevestnik in Russia or the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO countries, would be the centerpiece of Moscow’s ability to threaten faraway targets like the US. Alex Ward, Vox, "What caused Russia’s radioactive explosion last week? Possibly a nuclear-powered missile.," 13 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of faraway

1735, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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faraway

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of faraway

: very distant

faraway

adjective
far·​away | \ ˈfär-ə-ˌwā How to pronounce faraway (audio) \

Kids Definition of faraway

1 : remote entry 1 sense 1, distant faraway lands
2 : appearing as if lost in a daydream He had a faraway look in his eyes.

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