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removed

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re·moved  (r-mvd)
adj.
1. Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
2. Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent: A first cousin's child is one's first cousin once removed.

re·moved·ly (-mvd-l) adv.
re·moved·ness n.

removed
Adjective
1. very different or distant: madness seemed far removed from the sunny order of things
2. separated by a degree of descent: the child of a person's first cousin is their first cousin once removed
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.removed - separated in relationship by a given degree of descent; "a cousin once removed"
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"
2.removed - separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"
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"

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Dick, the blackbird, was removed from the counting-house and promoted to a warm corner in the common sitting-room.
We are of opinion that she has privately turned her dresses and jewelry into money; that she had the one trunk she took with her removed from the house yesterday; and that she left us this morning on foot.
That miserable man would seem for a time to have become convinced of his errors, when far removed from the scenes of his old offences, and to have lived a peaceable and honest life.
 
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