far-off
distant; remote.
Origin of far-off
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How to use far-off in a sentence
But the two of them are enthusiastic supporters of getting the human race to far-off stars.
Meet Kip Thorne, the Man Who Crafted the Artful Science of ‘Interstellar’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were long brown mountains and a few pines and far-off forests of beech-trees on some of the mountainsides.
The boom in transportation, be it highways or commercial aviation, allowed people to access far-off destinations with ease.
But a day focused on the continued violence against LGBT people in far-off places?
Americans Celebrating Our LGBT Victories Need To Be More Cognizant That Elsewhere, Repression Is Winning | Jay Michaelson | May 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's already out there, waiting for you just outside of some far-off hospital maternity ward.
A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
The Red Year | Louis TracyShe did not take the broad, beaten road which led to the far-off plantation of Valmonde.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinConsequently Tchaikovsky delighted in hearing her recall the joys and sorrows of those far-off days.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThe people who lived in those far-off days had no special occasion to know or to care what time it was.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousAnd her sides shone red as blood—red as they had shone on the grassy lawn of an old chateau near far-off Vienna.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for far-off
remote in space or time; distant
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