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Definition of "far-off" []

  • Remote in space or time. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "far-off" in a sentence
  • "I never heard her voice raised except to call a far-off child or a wandering dog; and even in a packed house with fifteen mouths to feed and six or eight to bed down that night, she never showed a trace of reluctance."
  • "The picture, like all of youth's impressions, was still strong with him, and his dim eyes watched the end played out as vividly as in that far-off time."
  • "The far-off explosions gently shaking the building, reminding me that people might be dying while I was safe in bed."