faraway

See also: far away

English

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Etymology

Univerbation of far +‎ away.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑɹəweɪ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

faraway (not comparable)

  1. Distant.
    She lived in a faraway village in a faraway land.
  2. Not mentally present, as when daydreaming.
    There was a faraway look on his face.

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Noun

faraway (plural faraways)

  1. One who lives a great distance away.
    • 2004, Richard Benke, The Ghost Ocean, page 182:
      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.

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