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far

[fahr] / fɑr /
ADJECTIVE
at a great distance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deep distant long
STRONG
bit miles piece remote ways
WEAK
afar end of rainbow far piece far-flung far-off far-removed faraway good ways middle of nowhere out-of-the-way outlying removed stone's throw
ADVERB
considerably
Synonyms
STRONGEST
much significantly somewhat well
WEAK
decidedly extremely greatly incomparably notably quite very very much
ADVERB
at a great distance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deep distant long
STRONG
bit miles piece remote ways
WEAK
a good way a long way afar end of rainbow far piece far-flung far-off far-removed faraway good ways middle of nowhere out-of-the-way outlying removed stone's throw

Example Sentences

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This elaborate evasion system includes a substantial amount of Iranian oil already at sea and far from the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

The 36-year-old musician and his team were doing the challenge for a music therapy charity, and have so far raised more than £32,000.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

They dropped to fewer than 4.5 million barrels a day in March, and have averaged only 2 million barrels a day so far this month.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Snead did not have to look far to evaluate Lemon, the Biletnikoff Award-winner as college football’s top receiver.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

But at two weeks this one had yet to discover how unwelcoming was its world: we would need a place for them far removed from other houses.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom