Antonyms for far wide
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : fahr |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɑr |
Definition of far wide
Origin :- Old English feorr "far, remote, distant, to a great distance, long ago," from Proto-Germanic *ferro (cf. Old Saxon ferr, Old Frisian fer, Old Norse fjarre, Dutch ver, Old High German ferro, German fern, Gothic fairra), from PIE *per- "through, across, beyond" (cf. Sanskrit parah "farther, remote, ulterior," Hittite para "outside of," Greek pera "across, beyond," Latin per "through," Old Irish ire "farther"). Far East "China, Japan, and surrounding regions" is from 1838.
- As in throughout : adj during the whole of
- As in far and away : adv by a long way
- As in far and wide : adv over great distances
- As in everywhere : adv in all places
- That would be as far wide of the mark as to claim for it that it was Gothic.
- Extract from : « Windows, A Book About Stained & Painted Glass » by Lewis F. Day
- The popular notion of swellmobsmen is far wide of the truth.
- Extract from : « Curiosities of Civilization » by Andrew Wynter
- I imagine that my figure was not, on a balancing of considerations, far wide of the mark.
- Extract from : « The Great Miss Driver » by Anthony Hope
- How far wide of the mark these conjectures were he would learn by and by.
- Extract from : « The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax » by Harriet Parr
- Here is the shore, and the far wide worlds before me, as the song says.
- Extract from : « The Half-Hearted » by John Buchan
- Croker's shrewd suggestion was probably not far wide of the truth.
- Extract from : « The Social History of Smoking » by G. L. Apperson
- Reginald Stanford, still "far wide," gazed at his father-in-law-elect, and waited for something more satisfactory.
- Extract from : « Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters » by May Agnes Fleming
- The old woman looked from one to the other, "far wide" but in evident curiosity.
- Extract from : « The Unseen Bridgegroom » by May Agnes Fleming
Synonyms for far wide
- all around
- all over
- all over creation
- all over the map
- all the time
- all through
- around
- at full length
- broadly
- by a great deal
- by far
- completely
- during
- every bit
- everyplace
- everywhere
- far and near
- far and wide
- for the duration
- from beginning to end
- from end to end
- from one end to the other
- from start to finish
- from the start
- from the word go
- great lengths
- here and there
- here till Sunday
- high and low
- in all quarters
- in all respects
- in each place
- in every direction
- in every place
- in everything
- inside and out
- near and far
- omnipresent
- on all accounts
- over
- overall
- pole to pole
- right through
- round
- the whole time
- the world over
- through the whole of
- throughout
- to the end
- to the highest degree
- ubiquitous
- ubiquitously
- universally
- up and down
- wherever
- wide
- widely
- without doubt
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