Meanings
plural farnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state of being far off, or the degree to which something is far; distance, span; remoteness
It's about the same farness from Cambry …
1980, Russel Hoban, Riddley Walker, Expanded edition (SciFi), published 1998, →ISBN2 more examples
If I look from a mountain, the things seen are vast in height and breadth, in proportion to the farness of the horizon.
1918, William James, The Principles of Psychology, page 217[…] the view of presidential power asserted by the administration of George W. Bush stands out for the farness of its far-reaching scope: […]
2008, Lincoln Caplan, “Who Cares About Executive Supremacy?”, in American Scholar, volume 77, number 1, page 20Synonyms: awayness, distance, remoteness, remove
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being far off, or the degree to which something is far; distance, span; remoteness
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Origin
- Old Englishfeornes“farness, distance”
- Middle Englishfernesse
- Englishfarness
From Middle English fernesse, from Old English feornes (“farness, distance”), equivalent to far + -ness.
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Portuguese longidão
- longidãostate of being far off, or the degree to which something is far
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farness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farness
“farness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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