far-off

Speech parts

1. far-off - Adjective

2. far-off - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Remote; as, the far-off distance. Cf. Far-off, under Far, adv.

Alternative names

far off

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Examples

In vain would science scan and trace Firmly her aspect. All the while, There gleams upon her far-off face A vague unfathomable smile. Alfred Austin

Many causes produce war. There are ancient hatreds, turbulent frontiers, the "legacy of old forgotten, far-off things, and battles long ago." There are new-born fanaticisms. Convictions on the part of certain peoples that they have become the unique depositories of ultimate truth and right. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging low with sullen roar. John Milton

To happy folk All heaviest words no more of meaning bear Than far-off bells saddening the Summer air. William Morris

Art is not in some far-off place. Lydia Davis

You that in far-off countries of the sky can dwell secure, look back upon me here; for I am weary of this frail world's decay. Murasaki Shikibu

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