farawayness

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farawayness

(ˌfɑːrəˈweɪnəs)

the state of being faraway

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farawayness - the property of being remote

farness, remoteness

distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points

far cry - distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry; "it's a far cry from here"

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I'd searched for her in the quickness of rain to contain the farawayness of the girl, elusive as an echo, untraceable as air, for I am a scholar of mysteries - ornate-thinker, drawing close what is far.

Encountering Caroline Ashley, an Oxford Poet

At Devon's funeral, distanced by the unreality of his body after the ministrations of the undertakers, she mourns what she knows to be loss: "his farawayness so complete, so final, he shall-never speak again; he shall never speak again in the everyday way that I speak of speech." My Brother is a memoir of a voice.