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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Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Sloshing out from the inaccessible hearts of collapsing stars and from the tumultuous spacetime churnings of merging black holes and neutron stars, gravitational waves provide deep, fundamental insights about these faraway astrophysical systems that are otherwise unavailable.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
The notion that the town cut a political deal in faraway Tallahassee to honor Trump and silence its own residents has only heightened the furor.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026
There’s a somewhat contentious but loving bond with his father but Yosef and his sister both feel the pull of a faraway place.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Faraway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faraway. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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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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