far-flung

comparative more far-flung · comparative further-flung · comparative farther-flung · superlative most far-flung · superlative furthest-flung · superlative farthest-flung

1. Distant or remote in relationship, space, or time.

   God of our fathers, known of old, / Lord of our far-flung battle-line, / […] / Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, / Lest we forget—lest we forget!

   1897 July 17, Rudyard Kipling, “[Service Songs] Recessional”, in The Five Nations, London: Methuen and Co. […], published September 1903, →OCLC, page 214

   1 more example

   Introduced in the 1960s, Motorail was successful at a time when long-distance travel by car was a time-consuming process because of a lack of motorways. Services, both during the day and at night, ran to such far-flung places on the map as Penzance, Fishguard, Inverness and Fort William.

   2020 March 11, Daniel Puddicombe, “Analysis: Little Prospect of Bringing Back Motorail … for Now”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32

   Synonyms: far-off, outlying, distant, far, far-off, faraway, outlandish, outlying · Antonyms: around the corner, citerior, close, close by, immediate, near, nearby, nigh

2. Widely distributed, wide-ranging, or widespread.

   In the spacious laboratories and offices […] are provided not only centralised chemical research facilities for the far-flung London area, but also accommodation for the national headquarters of the B.R. Chemical Services, […]

   1960 June, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. Research Laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 328

   1 more example

   In her introductory essay, editor Carole Vance acknowledges the problem of women's status as an "understudied group." She invites both careful and far-flung conversation about sex and difference, and urges s to resist making generalizations based on an incomplete dialogue.

   1985 February 2, Janice Irvine, Sue Hyde, “The Discourse and the Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 8

   Synonyms: common, ubiquitous, common, disseminated, extensive, pervasive, predominant, prevailing

3. Widely but sparsely distributed.

   Synonyms: scattered, dispersed