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faraway

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far·a·way  (fär-w)
adj.
1. Very distant; remote.
2. Abstracted; dreamy: a faraway look.

faraway [ˈfɑːrəˌweɪ]
adj (far away when postpositive)
1. very distant; remote
2. dreamy or absent-minded
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.faraway - very far away in space or time; "faraway mountains"; "the faraway future"; "troops landing on far-off shores"; "far-off happier times"
far - located at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"
2.faraway - far removed mentally; "a faraway (or distant) look in her eyes"
distant, remote - far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ; "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"

faraway
adjective
1. distant, far, remote, far-off, far-removed, far-flung, outlying, beyond the horizon They had just returned from faraway places.
2. dreamy, lost, distant, abstracted, vague, absent She smiled with a faraway look in her eyes.
Translations
faraway [ˈfɑːrəweɪ] ADJ
1. [place] → remoto, lejano
2. (fig) [voice] → distraído; [look] → ausente, perdido
faraway [ˌfɑːrəˈweɪ] adj
[place, country] → lointain(e)
[look] → absent(e)
faraway, far-away
adj
(= distant) placeentlegen; town, region, countryfern; sound, voice, personweit entfernt; a tiny, faraway voiceein kleines Stimmchen in der Ferne; a faraway relativeein in der Ferne lebender Verwandter
(= dreamy) look, voiceverträumt, versonnen
faraway [ˈfɑːrəˌweɪ] adj (distant) → lontano/a; (voice, look) → assente
faraway [ˈfɑːrəˌweɪ] adj (distant) → lontano/a; (voice, look) → assente


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A quadroon nurse followed them about with a faraway, meditative air.
The rustle of the poplar leaves about the house worried her, it sounded so like pattering raindrops, and the full, faraway roar of the gulf, to which she listened delightedly at other times, loving its strange, sonorous, haunting rhythm, now seemed like a prophecy of storm and disaster to a small maiden who particularly wanted a fine day.
But these were so loud that they could be heard by the faraway hills.
 
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