distant look in someone's eye

: separated in space : away

: situated at a great distance (see ¹distance 2c) : far-off

: having a great amount of separation between each other : separated by a great distance from each other : far apart

: to make sure or take care (that something is done)

: to ascertain by the use of one's eyes

: to exercise the power of vision upon : examine

: the act of looking

: glance

: the expression of the countenance

: some person : somebody

: a specialized light-sensitive sensory structure of animals that in nearly all vertebrates, most arthropods, and some mollusks is the image-forming organ of sight

: all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows

: the faculty of seeing with eyes

: to fix the eyes on : look at

: contemplate, consider

: to watch or study closely