faraway
adjective
far·away
ˈfär-ə-ˌwā 
1
: lying at a great distance : remote
faraway lands
2
: dreamy, abstracted
a faraway look in her eyes
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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Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
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Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
During the middle of the day when the sun was brightest, visitors swore they had been transported to a faraway tropical island.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
Sport is not just a live broadcast product, the action is now being repackaged across disparate media platforms, finding new audiences in faraway places.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Rafael Nadal was a tennis warrior, to be sure: a competitive beast dripping with sweat and relentless in-the-moment ambition who could give the opposition a faraway gaze in a hurry.
—Christopher Clarey, Air Mail, 24 May 2025
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“Faraway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faraway. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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faraway
adjective
far·away
ˌfär-ə-ˌwā
1
: remote entry 1 sense 1, distant
faraway lands
2
: preoccupied sense 1, dreamy
a faraway look
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