faraway

adjective far·away \ ˈfär-ə-ˌwā \

|Updated on: 17 Jul 2018

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Definition of faraway

1 : lying at a great distance : remote

faraway lands

2 : dreamy, abstracted

a faraway look in her eyes

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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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Waves on Lake Michigan are created by local winds (as opposed to ocean waves, which are formed by faraway storms), so lake surfers have to anticipate when the northern winds will travel down south.

— david north, Chicago Reader, "Sickened surfers say the best waves in Lake Michigan are in the polluted waters off northwest Indiana," 10 July 2018
In these accounts, cannibalism occurred in faraway lands.

— pallavi kottamasu, BostonGlobe.com, "Were cannibals really so bad?," 2 June 2018
Ryan walked into the airport, bound for another faraway fire, and all his mother could do was pray.

— alden woods, azcentral, "Granite Mountain Hotshots: Five years on, Dustin DeFord's family finds peace in faith," 29 June 2018
Late on a Thursday night in a faraway corner of Old Kabul, a community of musicians and worshippers gathers for an evening of solemn prayer, ecstatic singing, and melodies from days long forgotten.

— maija liuhto, Longreads, "A Music So Beautiful the Birds Fell from the Trees," 28 June 2018
In Bleak House, Dickens caricatured this kind of humanitarianism in the character of Mrs. Jellyby, who obsessively advocates for a faraway population but neglects to care for her own kids.

— josephine livingstone, The New Republic, "America’s “Poster Child” Syndrome," 20 June 2018
Off the beachBook a vinyasa class at the Shack Yoga or polo lessons on the world-class field behind Estancia Vik with its faraway views of the Atlantic.

— christopher bagley, Condé Nast Traveler, "Alan Faena Creates La Vie Bohème in José Ignacio, Uruguay," 18 June 2018
Detached nerve endings calling the brain from a faraway place.

— annabelle dunne, Vogue, "I Took 30 Days Off From My Job, Family, and Cell Phone—Here’s What Happened," 17 June 2018
There’s always a temptation for the top power-hitting prospect in the Phillies farm system to simply muscle up, turn on a ball, and belt it to a faraway spot beyond the left-field fence.

— scott lauber, Philly.com, "Phillies prospect Jhailyn Ortiz turns on the power after difficult start," 13 June 2018

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First Known Use of faraway

1735

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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Definition of faraway for English Language Learners

: very distant

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adjective far·away \ ˈfär-ə-ˌwā \

Definition of faraway for Students

1 : ¹remote 1, distant

faraway lands

2 : appearing as if lost in a daydream

He had a faraway look in his eyes.

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