far·a·way

[fahr-uh-wey]
adjective
1.
distant; remote: faraway lands.
2.
dreamy, preoccupied: a faraway look.

Origin:
1810–20; far + away

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faraway (ˈfɑːrəˌweɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  very distant; remote
2.  dreamy or absent-minded

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Word Origin & History

faraway
1816, from far + away.
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Example sentences
Faraway friends and family are plopping down at home to watch couples walk down
  aisles and across bandwidth.
Students can easily ask parents or faraway friends to edit their term papers
  remotely without having to send clunky attachments.
It must have lasted-that faraway glow, that spot of shimmer-some three or four
  minutes.
He perceived that the universe was not a faraway abstraction but rather
  something that included our planet and him.
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