Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Very distant; remote.
- adjective Abstracted; dreamy.
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- adjective
distant
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- adjective far removed mentally
- adjective very far away in space or time
Etymologies
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Examples
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He was staring at a spot on my rug, his expression faraway.
SEEING GREEN CAROLYN KEENE 2010
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He was staring at a spot on my rug, his expression faraway.
SEEING GREEN CAROLYN KEENE 2010
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Nowadays, however, so-called "progressive" organizations like Democracy for America seem to care little about the fate of people of color in faraway lands.
Stephen Zunes: A "Progressive Hero?" Time to Think Outside of the Boxer Stephen Zunes 2010
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After all, it rarely addresses the full costs of those conflicts to U.S. troops (including their redeployment to war zones, even when already traumatized), let alone to foreign non-combatants in faraway Muslim lands.
William J. Astore: The New American Isolationism: The Cost of Turning Away From War's Horrific Realities William J. Astore 2010
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Nowadays, however, so-called "progressive" organizations like Democracy for America seem to care little about the fate of people of color in faraway lands.
Stephen Zunes: A "Progressive Hero?" Time to Think Outside of the Boxer Stephen Zunes 2010
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Nowadays, however, so-called "progressive" organizations like Democracy for America seem to care little about the fate of people of color in faraway lands.
Stephen Zunes: A "Progressive Hero?" Time to Think Outside of the Boxer Stephen Zunes 2010
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After all, it rarely addresses the full costs of those conflicts to U.S. troops (including their redeployment to war zones, even when already traumatized), let alone to foreign non-combatants in faraway Muslim lands.
William J. Astore: The New American Isolationism: The Cost of Turning Away From War's Horrific Realities William J. Astore 2010
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After all, it rarely addresses the full costs of those conflicts to U.S. troops (including their redeployment to war zones, even when already traumatized), let alone to foreign non-combatants in faraway Muslim lands.
William J. Astore: The New American Isolationism: The Cost of Turning Away From War's Horrific Realities William J. Astore 2010
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We shot massive action sequences in faraway places.
Real-Life Spy Valerie Plame Is 'Fair Game' For New Movie 2010
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After all, it rarely addresses the full costs of those conflicts to U.S. troops (including their redeployment to war zones, even when already traumatized), let alone to foreign non-combatants in faraway Muslim lands.
William J. Astore: The New American Isolationism: The Cost of Turning Away From War's Horrific Realities William J. Astore 2010
brtom commented on the word faraway
He see. He drank. With faraway mourning mountain eye. Set down his glass.
Joyce, Ulysses, 11
January 7, 2007
fbharjo commented on the word faraway
trying to escape foi distan foidistan
February 4, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word faraway
Is distan foi the same as mauvaise foi?
February 4, 2011
fbharjo commented on the word faraway
It is on the way -in the way - to Santa Fe and/or Conques.
February 4, 2011