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Antonyms for farther

Grammar : Adv
Spell : fahr-th er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɑr ðər


Definition of farther

Origin :
  • c.1300, variant of further (q.v.), by 17c. it replaced ferrer as comparative of the descendant of Old English fierr "far" (itself a comparative but no longer felt as one). Vowel change influenced by the root vowel, and confusion with Middle English ferþeren "to assist, promote, advance" (see forth). There is no historical basis for the notion that farther is of physical distance and further of degree or quality.
  • adv at a greater distance
Example sentences :
  • Farther on, too, there was a girl so thin and pale that she must surely be a consumptive.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Farther on you read the line: "May Her protection extend to the glass trade."
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Farther, in almost all rocks there is a third division of substance, 2.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • Farther to the south the Serbians were not so decidedly successful.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • Farther, beneath that oak they had exchanged their first kiss.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • Farther on were hints of the meadow and a black cliff of pines.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • Farther back at the right is a door leading to Cecilia's room.
  • Extract from : « The Lonely Way--Intermezzo--Countess Mizzie » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • Farther to the left the French and Russians were also succeeding in their efforts.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
  • Farther on there was a bar of gold heavier than three men could carry.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • Farther than this it may be dangerous to go in a field so full of uncertainty.
  • Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies

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