faraway

comparative more faraway · superlative most faraway · alternative far away · alternative far-away

1. not comparableusuallyDistant or remote in time or space.

   She lived in a faraway village in a faraway land.

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   Near-synonyms: far-off, far-flung, distant, remote; see also Thesaurus:distant

   Synonyms: far-off, far-flung, distant, remote, distant, far, far-flung, far-off

2. not comparableusuallyNot mentally present, as when daydreaming.

   There was a faraway look on his face.

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   Near-synonyms: distant, spaced-out, lost in thought, head in the clouds

   Suddenly it occurred to Mala why the unsaddlings and the faraway looks. All four of them were expecting something of a fairly long wait.

   1981, James Powell, chapter 16, in The Malpais Rider (A Double D Western), Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, →ISBN, page 124

   Synonyms: distant, spaced-out, lost in thought, head in the clouds

plural faraways · alternative far away · alternative far-away

1. One who lives a great distance away.

   The Neighbors, the enviros, the real and the want-to-be cowpokes, the locals and the faraways, the rich and the wishful, the purported miners all said they wanted to buy out Braden.

   2004, Richard Benke, The Ghost Ocean, page 182