afield
Adverb
Meaning
To, in, or on the field.
Out of the way; astray.
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looking afield for new lands to conquer
such digressions can lead us too far afield
the armies were afield, challenging the enemy's advance
unlawful to carry hunting rifles afield until the season opens
As it was first identified, the "Silurian" series when traced farther afield quickly came to overlap Sedgwick's "Cambrian" sequence, however, provoking furious disagreements that ended the friendship.
Airport operators confirmed at 4pm today 21 flights due to land in Valencia had been diverted, some as far afield as Malaga and Madrid, and another ten cancelled because of high winds.