Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb From, at, or to a great distance.
- noun A long distance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- From far; from a distance: now usually preceded by from.
- Far; far away; at or to a distance; remotely in place: now usually followed by off.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with
from preceding, oroff following
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb At, to, or from a great distance; far away.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Watching the Republicans attack so viciously over everything from Health Care, Birth Certificates, Deal Panels, the President speaking to school children from afar is really disturbing especially when every one on this planet suffered under the Bush-Cheny Regime but there was no outcry like there is now.
Sources: White House considers drafting health care bill 2009
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Denote a date on which to carry out the attack and the distractions (noting that the distractions were spread afar from the immediate location of one Target X).
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Is teleportation overpowered? 2009
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Wise men bearing gifts from afar is a proven method though. +1 on what John said above too.
If a landowner gives me permission to hunt I give him a gift. 2009
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Wise men bearing gifts from afar is a proven method though. +1 on what John said above too.
If a landowner gives me permission to hunt I give him a gift. 2009
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All I can do from afar is be an actively engaged citizen and do my best to provide accurate, factual information to others.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Thursday June 18) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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Those who believe that advocating a war from afar is a sign of personal courage and strength, and that opposing a war from afar is a sign of personal cowardice and weakness.
Think Progress » Neocons Resurrect Plans For Regional War In The Middle East 2006
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Doing this from afar is a practice fraught with dangers for you.
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Then take this dinar and these two dirhams and mount yonder ass and, halting afar from the wine-shop, call the first man thou seest buying liquor and say to him, ‘Take these two dirhams for thyself, and with this dinar buy me some wine and set it on the ass.’
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And it has been enough -- until Chip Reardon, the too-good-to-be-true golden boy she adored from afar, is assigned to be her new patient.
Never Change: Summary and book reviews of Never Change by Elizabeth Berg. 2001
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Rainbow Valley was wind-haunted and star-sentinelled only where he was, but afar from the upper end came the gay notes of children's laughter and voices.
Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919
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