Synonyms for far-off


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fahr-awf, -of
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɑrˈɔf, -ˈɒf


Définition of far-off

Origin :
  • also faroff, 1590s, from far + off.
  • adj distant
Example sentences :
  • Wonderful are the accounts he brings of that far-off world, where his spirit wanders.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The idea filled them all with respect for that far-off past.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • They usually appeared to him like grey seas that spoke to him of far-off countries.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • This abstraction is the far-off heaven on which the eye of the mind is fixed in fond amazement.
  • Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
  • That far-off island, the poor lepers, and then lifelong banishment.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • The sun went down, and there was a far-off ringing of bells.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • The road was quiet, the trees were still, the sea made only a far-off murmur.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • As yet Wyndham was still the unknown, shadowy, far-off, and unapproachable.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • And now the lower stars were paling in a far-off flush of light.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
  • He paused and gazed with a far-off look at the opposite wall.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum

Antonyms for far-off

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